CVE-2008-2830

Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4 - Privilege Escalation via Scripting Addition Commands

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-2830. PoCs published by anonymous.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a local privilege escalation vulnerability in ARDAgent (Apple Remote Desktop) on Mac OS X 10.5. It uses osascript to execute arbitrary shell commands with superuser privileges via the ARDAgent application.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by anonymous · textlocalosx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31940

This exploit leverages a local privilege escalation vulnerability in ARDAgent (Apple Remote Desktop) on Mac OS X 10.5. It uses osascript to execute arbitrary shell commands with superuser privileges via the ARDAgent application.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Mac OS X 10.5 (ARDAgent)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the vulnerable Mac OS X system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1905/references
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30776
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43294
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/06/18/1919224.shtml
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29831
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020345

Scores

EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 31.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (2)
apple/mac_os_x 10.4
apple/mac_os_x 10.5
Published Jun 23, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026