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CVE-2008-3618
The File Sharing pane in the Sharing preference pane in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 does not inform users that the complete…
High9.0EPSS 1.7%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The File Sharing pane in the Sharing preference pane in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 does not inform users that the complete contents of their own home directories are shared for their own use, which might allow attackers to leverage other vulnerabilities and access files for which sharing was unintended.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% 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: High 9.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 31189 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#126787 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-09-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- TA08-260A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2584 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1020883 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- macos-filesharing-weak-security(45175) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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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