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.
EPSS: 0.004 (28.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE)
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)