CVE-2008-0998
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in NetCfgTool in the System Configuration component in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.2 allows local users to bypass authorization and execute arbitrary code via crafted distributed objects.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1005)
- Published
- March 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1005 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28385
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019674
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41281
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
Query CVEs from your AI assistant
The CVE/NVD Explorer brain answers CVE questions directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP assistant — always up to date, no setup. Add it once and stop pasting advisories into chat.
Add the CVE brain