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CVE-2008-0996
The Printing component in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 might save authentication credentials to disk when starting a job on an authenticated…
Low1.7EPSS 0.34%
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- mitre
Description
The Printing component in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 might save authentication credentials to disk when starting a job on an authenticated print queue, which might allow local users to obtain the credentials.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.7 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.7.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 28304 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 28344 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA08-079A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1019667 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- macos-printqueue-information-disclosure(41284) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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