CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2324
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-08-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The Repair Permissions tool in Disk Utility in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 adds the setuid bit to the emacs executable file, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing commands within emacs.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x 10.4.11
• apple mac os x server 10.4.11
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html lists.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31326 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30483 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30492 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020605 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44132 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html lists.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31326 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30483 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30492 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020605 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44132 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com