PT-2008-4985 · Apple · Macos X

: -) + 4 · Published 2008-09-16 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-3609

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions 10.5 through 10.5.4

Description The issue is related to the kernel in Mac OS X, which does not properly flush cached credentials during the recycling of a vnode. This might allow local users to bypass the intended read or write permissions of a file.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions 10.5 through 10.5.4, update to a version later than 10.5.4 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3609

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 8

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31189 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3609 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45169 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020877 · Note