CVE-2008-0049 in Mac OS X

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 01/03/2008
• Disclosure: 03/18/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-41547
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-264 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 4.0
• EPSS: 0.00193
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0049
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0049
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-0049/