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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco Amato - evilgrade - ENG.pdf (Broken Link)
- www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz (Broken Link)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html (mailing-list, 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.