CVE-2008-3609
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 does not properly flush cached credentials during recycling (aka purging) of a vnode, which might allow local users to bypass the intended read or write permissions of a file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (30th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3595)
- Published
- September 16, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3595 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
- apple / mac os x server
- 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/Sep/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020877
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45169
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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