RCE in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2008-0042
Argument injection vulnerability in Terminal.app in Terminal in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified URL schemes.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.044 (91.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4.11, 10.5, 10.5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774345 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- secunia.com/advisories/28891 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0495/references (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27736 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043B.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Feb/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Patch)