Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2008-4234
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the Quarantine feature in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an executable file with the content type indicating no application association for the file, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.046 (91.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.046 · newest: 0.046 · 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.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33179 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47689 (vdb-entry)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)