National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2331
Original release date:09/16/2008
Last revised:11/15/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Finder in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 does not properly update permission data in the Get Info window after a lock operation that modifies Sharing & Permissions in a filesystem, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions that were not intended by an administrator.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-260A
Name: TA08-260A
External Source: BID
Name: 31189
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: macos-finder-weak-security(45165)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2584
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020875
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31882
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-09-15