{"id":"CVE-2008-0055","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-0055","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:32.967Z","title":"Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 creates world-writable directories while NSFileManager copies files recursively and only modifies the permissions afterward, which allows local users to modify copied files to cause a denial of service and possibly…","description":"Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 creates world-writable directories while NSFileManager copies files recursively and only modifies the permissions afterward, which allows local users to modify copied files to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges.","published":"2008-03-18T23:44:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:48:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-362"],"affected":["apple/mac os x","apple/mac os x server"],"epss":{"score":0.0027,"percentile":0.19005,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29420","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28343","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019649","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41299","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29420","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28343","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019649","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41299","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0055","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}