CVE-2008-0049

Severity

19%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

48%

AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 inadvertently makes an NSApplication mach port available for inter-process communication instead of inter-thread communication, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted messages to privileged applications.

AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 inadvertently makes an NSApplication mach port available for inter-process communication instead of inter-thread communication, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted messages to privileged applications.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Apple Mac OS X

First reported 16 years ago

2008-03-18 22:44:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-08 01:29:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11

10.4.11

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11

10.4.11

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