What is CVE-2008-3438?

CVE-2008-3438 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Download of Code Without Integrity Check. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2008-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2008-3438?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2008-3438

Apple Mac OS X does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Apple Mac_os_x
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-494 — Download of Code Without Integrity Check

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-3438?: CVE-2008-3438 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Download of Code Without Integrity Check. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2008-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2008-3438?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.