CVE-2008-2324 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Repair Permissions tool in Disk Utility in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 adds the setuid bit to the emacs executable file, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing commands within emacs.

Published: 2008-08-04

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-2008-2320	The Repair Permissions tool in Disk Utility in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 adds the setuid bit to the emacs executable file, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing commands within emacs.

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 0.00047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31326
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30483
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30492
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020605
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44132

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-08-04T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:58:02.091Z

Reserved: 2008-05-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2324

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-08-04T01:41:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2008-2324

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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