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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-3618

The File Sharing pane in the Sharing preference pane in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 does not inform users that the complete contents of their own home directories are shared for their own use, which might allow attackers to leverage other…

HIGH 9.0EPSS 1.71%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.71%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The File Sharing pane in the Sharing preference pane in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 does not inform users that the complete contents of their own home directories are shared for their own use, which might allow attackers to leverage other vulnerabilities and access files for which sharing was unintended.

CVSS 2.0
9.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
1.71% probability · 77th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
apple/mac os x
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.71%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.7% 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.

References

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