PT-2008-3800 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2008-07-01 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-2309

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.4

Description: The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain file types, including .xht or .xhtm files, which do not trigger a warning message in the Download Validation feature in Mac OS X 10.4 or the Quarantine feature in Mac OS X 10.5.

Recommendations: For Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.4, update to version 10.5.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2309

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 8

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2309 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020391 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43493 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30018 · Note