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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-0996

The Printing component in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 might save authentication credentials to disk when starting a job on an authenticated print queue, which might allow local users to obtain the credentials.

LOW 1.7EPSS 0.34%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The Printing component in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 might save authentication credentials to disk when starting a job on an authenticated print queue, which might allow local users to obtain the credentials.

CVSS 2.0
1.7 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.34% probability · 27th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200, CWE-255
Affected
apple/mac os x · apple/mac os x server
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.34%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.