High severity · published Aug 1, 2008
CVE-2008-3438
Apple Mac OS X does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated…
8.1
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Apple Mac OS X does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
10.0.0 through 10.5.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3438
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3438
Broken Link
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
Broken Link
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
Broken Link
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
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