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CVE-2008-4234 Details

Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the Quarantine feature in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an executable file with the content type indicating no application association for the file, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message.

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://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47689	CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021400	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47689	[email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021400	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444	[email protected]

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apple mac os x	<= 10.5.5 10.5 10.5.1 10.5.2 10.5.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x server	<= 10.5.5 10.5 10.5.1 10.5.2 10.5.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 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]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 17, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]