CVE-2008-1572 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Image Capture in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5 does not properly use temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, and display images that are being resized by this application.

Published: 2008-06-02

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-1573	Image Capture in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5 does not properly use temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, and display images that are being resized by this application.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00064.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020141
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29521
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42719

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-06-02T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:24:42.908Z

Reserved: 2008-03-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1572

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-06-02T21:30:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-1572

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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