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CVE-2008-4237
Managed Client in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 sometimes misidentifies a system when installing per-host configuration settings, which…
High10.0EPSS 2.1%
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- mitre
Description
Managed Client in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 sometimes misidentifies a system when installing per-host configuration settings, which allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact by leveraging unintended settings, as demonstrated by the screen saver lock setting.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- ADV-2008-3444 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA08-350A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 33179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32839 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1021407 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-12-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 32880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
Record last updated .