CVE-2008-4234

Description

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.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.74% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory apple.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444 vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47689 vdb entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021400 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4234?
CVE-2008-4234 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4234?
To fix CVE-2008-4234, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-4234 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-4234 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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