CVE-2009-2201

N/A Unknown

Published: September 15, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

The screensharing feature in the Admin application in Apple Xsan before 2.2 places a cleartext username and password in a URL within an error dialog, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain credentials by reading this dialog.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00005.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://osvdb.org/58133

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/36673

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3797

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36385

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022904

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2644

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53232

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00005.html