CVE-2008-4234
Mac OS X < 10.5.6 - Remote Code Execution via Quarantine Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47689
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021400
Scores
EPSS
0.0455
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (12)
apple/mac_os_x
10.5
apple/mac_os_x
10.5.1
apple/mac_os_x
10.5.2
apple/mac_os_x
10.5.3
apple/mac_os_x
10.5.4
apple/mac_os_x
< 10.5.5
apple/mac_os_x_server
10.5
apple/mac_os_x_server
10.5.1
apple/mac_os_x_server
10.5.2
apple/mac_os_x_server
10.5.3
... and 2 more
Published
Dec 17, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026