CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-2311

7.6 HIGH Published 2008-07-01 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-07-01
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-362, CWE-59

Description

Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5, when Open Safe Files is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack, probably related to a race condition and automatic execution of a downloaded file.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x 10.4.1 • apple mac os x 10.4.2 • apple mac os x 10.4.3 • apple mac os x 10.4.4 • apple mac os x 10.4.5 • apple mac os x 10.4.6 • apple mac os x 10.4.7 • apple mac os x 10.4.8 • apple mac os x 10.4.9 • apple mac os x 10.4.10 • apple mac os x 10.4.11 • apple mac os x 10.5 • apple mac os x 10.5.1 • apple mac os x 10.5.2 • apple mac os x 10.5.3 • apple mac os x server 10.4.1 • apple mac os x server 10.4.2 • apple mac os x server 10.4.3 • apple mac os x server 10.4.4 • apple mac os x server 10.4.5 • apple mac os x server 10.4.6 • apple mac os x server 10.4.7 • apple mac os x server 10.4.8 • apple mac os x server 10.4.9 • apple mac os x server 10.4.10 • apple mac os x server 10.4.11 • apple mac os x server 10.5 • apple mac os x server 10.5.1 • apple mac os x server 10.5.2 • apple mac os x server 10.5.3

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References