CVE-2008-4229
LOW · CVSS 3.7EPSS 0.2%EU EUVD
Race condition in the Passcode Lock feature in Apple iPhone OS 2.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 2.0 through 2.1 allows physically proximate attackers to remove the lock and launch arbitrary applications by restoring the device from a backup.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- EPSS score
- 0.2% (16th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4212)
- Published
- November 25, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4212 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / ipod touch
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/50026
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32756
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021271
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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