CVE-2008-0049 (GCVE-0-2008-0049)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-18 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:32
VLAI
Summary
AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 inadvertently makes an NSApplication mach port available for inter-process communication instead of inter-thread communication, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted messages to privileged applications.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019647 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28340 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2008-03-18 00:00
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