CVE-2008-0055 — Race Condition in Apple MAC OS X

CWE-362 — Race Condition3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MAC OS XApple MAC OS X Server
Timeline
PublishedMar 18
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 creates world-writable directories while NSFileManager copies files recursively and only modifies the permissions afterward, which allows local users to modify copied files to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.4.11

Patches

Patch: lists.apple.com ↗Patch: lists.apple.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6r57-p65p-mf3q: Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2008-0055: Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10↗2008-03-18
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CVE-2008-0055 — Race Condition in Apple MAC OS X | cvebase