CVE-2008-1032
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an (1) Automator, (2) Help, (3) Safari, or (4) Terminal content type for a downloadable object, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message in (a) the Download Validation feature in Mac OS X 10.4 or (b) the Quarantine feature in Mac OS X 10.5.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 4.2% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1043)
- Published
- June 2, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1043 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
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30430(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020137
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29481
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42711
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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