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MitreCVE-2008-3438

HistoryAug 01, 2008 - 2:41 p.m.

CVE-2008-3438

2008-08-0114:41:00

CWE-494

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2008-3438

apple

mac os x

update

verification

vulnerability

evilgrade

dns cache poisoning

nvd

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

61.8%

JSON

Apple Mac OS X does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

applemac_os_xRange10.0.0–10.5.4

VendorProductVersionCPE
applemac_os_x*cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
apple	mac_os_x	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html

www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf

www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

61.8%

JSON

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