RCE in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2008-0060
Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Applescript via a help:topic_list URL that injects HTML or JavaScript into a topic list page, as demonstrated using a help:runscript link.
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: 0.021 (80.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4.11, 10.5.2
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.4.11, 10.5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41295 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28371 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29420 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html