CVE-2008-4237
Apple Mac OS X Managed Client Screen Saver Configuration Injection Vulnerability
Description
Managed Client in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 sometimes misidentifies a system when installing per-host configuration settings, which allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact by leveraging unintended settings, as demonstrated by the screen saver lock setting.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 17, 2008, 1:30 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33179 Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32880 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021407 Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 17, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-4237 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-4237
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.55 }} -0.87%
score
0.65233
percentile