Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2008-3609
The kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 does not properly flush cached credentials during recycling (aka purging) of a vnode, which might allow local users to bypass the intended read or write permissions of a file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · 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)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (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)
- secunia.com/advisories/31882 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45169 (vdb-entry)