CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4212
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-10-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-16
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in rlogind in the rlogin component in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 applies hosts.equiv entries to root despite what is stated in documentation, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x 10.4.11
• apple mac os x 10.5.5
• apple mac os x server 10.4.11
• apple mac os x server 10.5.5
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 support.apple.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31708 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021028 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45785 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 support.apple.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31708 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021028 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45785 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com