Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2008-4212
Unspecified vulnerability in rlogind in the rlogin component in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 applies hosts.equiv entries to root despite what is stated in documentation, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/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: 0.026 (84.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4.11, 10.5.5
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.4.11, 10.5.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31708 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/32222 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45785 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3216