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CVE-2008-0038
Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.1 allows an uninstalled application to be launched if it is in a Time Machine backup,…
Low1.9EPSS 0.33%
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Description
Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.1 allows an uninstalled application to be launched if it is in a Time Machine backup, which might allow local users to bypass intended security restrictions or exploit vulnerabilities in the application.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 73% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28891 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0495 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA08-043B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1019360 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-02-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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