CVE-2008-3438: 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…

PriorityP430high8.1CVSS 3.1

AVNACHPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.83%

53.9th percentile

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.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	mac_os_x	10.0.0 – 10.5.4	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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