| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0990. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
notifyd in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 does not verify that Mach port death notifications have originated from the kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via spoofed death notifications that prevent other applications from receiving notifications.
The bug was discovered 03/01/2008. The weakness was published 03/18/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0990 since 02/26/2008. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31605 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-002)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41289), Tenable (31605), SecurityFocus (BID 28345†), OSVDB (43392†) and Secunia (SA29420†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3489, VDB-35080, VDB-35079 and VDB-38538. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 31605
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-002)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/24/2007 🔍02/26/2008 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0990 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0990
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41565
X-Force: 41289
SecurityFocus: 28345 - Apple Mac OS X 'notifyd' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 29420 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43392 - Apple Mac OS X - 'notifyd' Local Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019663
Vulnerability Center: 17980 - Apple Mac OS X Notifyd Vulnerability Allows Local Users to Cause Denial of Service, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0924
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 17:00Updated: 08/07/2019 15:16
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (75), 08/07/2019 15:16 (5)
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