CVE-2008-3438

HIGH8.1

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

Published Aug 1, 2008

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

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.

References

WEBhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html WEBhttp://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf WEBhttp://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3438

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

8.1

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedAug 1, 2008

ModifiedSep 16, 2024