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…
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 · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- apple/mac os x
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.htmlPatch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020883
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/126787Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45175
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.htmlPatch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020883
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/126787Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45175
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.