PT-2008-1710 · Apple · Appkit+1

Published 2008-03-18 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-0049

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AppKit in Apple Mac OS X version 10.4.11

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted messages to privileged applications, due to AppKit inadvertently making an NSApplication mach port available for inter-process communication instead of inter-thread communication.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X version 10.4.11, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0049

Affected Products

Appkit

Macos X

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0049 · Security Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 · Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28340 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41314 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019647 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28304 · Note