Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.0 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.0. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4223. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.0 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Podcast Producer in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 12/15/2008. The weakness was shared 12/16/2008 with Apple (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4223 since 09/24/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35111 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116081 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 and Security Update 2008-008 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2008-12-15)).

Upgrading to version 10.5.1 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 (47342), Tenable (35111), SecurityFocus (BID 32870†), OSVDB (50861†) and Secunia (SA33179†). The entries VDB-41728, VDB-43202, VDB-45513 and VDB-45512 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 35111
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102034
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.5.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4223 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4223
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45509
X-Force: 47342
SecurityFocus: 32870 - Apple Podcast Producer Authentication-Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 33179 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50861 - Apple - Podcast Producer - Authentication-Bypass Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021409
Vulnerability Center: 20330 - Apple Mac OS X 10.5-10.5.5 Podcast Producer Remote Authentication Bypass, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-3444

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/25/2025 23:37
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (82), 08/22/2019 18:32 (4), 05/25/2025 23:37 (18)
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