freshclam in ClamAV in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 with Security Update 2009-005 has an incorrect launchd.plist ProgramArguments key and conseque…

published 2010-03-30 16y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-0090

cvss: 6.4; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.6%; EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits: 0; none known

freshclam in ClamAV in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 with Security Update 2009-005 has an incorrect launchd.plist ProgramArguments key and consequently does not run, which might allow remote attackers to introduce viruses into the system.

Patch / fix

links 2

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.4	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-16 Configuration

References

lists.apple.com /archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
vendor-advisory, patch
support.apple.com /kb/HT4077
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2010-0058
NVD CVE-2010-0058

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