Information disclosure in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2008-0993
Podcast Capture in Podcast Producer for Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 invokes a subtask with passwords in command line arguments, which allows local users to read the passwords via process listings.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.5.2
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.5.2
- Apple Podcast Producer
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)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28372 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29420 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html