Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-0037 First vendor Publication 2008-02-12
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2011-03-08

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

X11 in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.1 does not properly handle when the "Allow connections from network client" preference is disabled, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and connect to the X server.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0037

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-05-12 Name : Mac OS X 10.5.2 Update / Mac OS X Security Update 2008-001
File : nvt/macosx_upd_10_5_2_secupd_2008-001.nasl
2009-11-17 Name : Mac OS X Version
File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
41508 Apple Mac OS X X11 Network Connection Restriction Bypass

Mac OS X contains a flaw that in the Security Preferences Panel. The issue is triggered by the X11 server, which fails to correctly read the "Allow connections from network client" preferense. It is possible that the flaw may allow unintended network access to X11 applications resulting in a loss of integrity.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-02-12 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_10_5_2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-12 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2008-001.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Feb/msg00002.html
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27736
CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043B.html
CONFIRM http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019365
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/28891
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0495/references

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