CVE-2008-3438

HIGH

Apple Mac OS X - Code Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 62.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-494
Status published
Products (1)
apple/mac_os_x 10.0.0 - 10.5.4
Published Aug 01, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026