Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2008-2331
Finder in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 does not properly update permission data in the Get Info window after a lock operation that modifies Sharing & Permissions in a filesystem, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions that were not intended by an administrator.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/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: 0.015 (72.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/31882 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45165 (vdb-entry)