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CVE-2008-0042 Details

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in Terminal.app in Terminal in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified URL schemes.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Feb/msg00002.html	CVE	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/28891	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774345	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27736	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019364	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043B.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0495/references	CVE
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430	[email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Feb/msg00002.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/28891	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774345	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27736	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019364	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043B.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0495/references	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-94	Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apple mac os x	10.4.11 10.5 10.5.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 12, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]