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CVE-2008-3438

Apple Mac OS X does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.1
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.8%
percentile 58%
Public exploits
0
none known

Apple Mac OS X does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.83% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.18.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check

References

  • infobyte.com.ar /down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • infobyte.com.ar /down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred

Sources

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