PT-2008-2630 · Apple · Macos X+1

Published 2008-06-02 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-1028

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5

Description The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, by opening a crafted document file with an application like TextEdit.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.5, update to version 10.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1028

Affected Products

Macos X

Textedit

References · 9

• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1028 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020131 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42705 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29487 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29412 · Note