CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3638
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
Java on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4 and 10.5.5 does not prevent applets from accessing file:// URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x 10.5.4
• apple mac os x 10.5.5
• apple mac os x server 10.5.4
• apple mac os x server 10.5.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00007.html lists.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32018 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179 support.apple.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31380 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020944 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45397 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00007.html lists.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32018 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179 support.apple.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31380 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020944 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45397 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com