CVE-2008-2830
N/A
Published: June 23, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:54 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendormacOS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
Open Scripting Architecture in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4, and some other 10.4 and 10.5 versions, does not properly restrict the loading of scripting addition plugins, which allows local users to gain privileges via scripting addition commands to a privileged application, as originally demonstrated by an osascript tell command to ARDAgent.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Sep/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1905/referencesVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43294Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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