Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-0996 First vendor Publication 2008-03-18
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-08-08

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:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 1.7 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.1 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0996

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-255 Credentials Management
50 % CWE-200 Information Exposure

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-11-17 Name : Mac OS X Version
File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
43397 Apple Mac OS X Printing Component Authenticated Print Queue Local Password Di...

Mac OS X contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized password exposure. It is possible to gain access to passwords which have been saved to disk when starting a job on an authenticated print queue, which may lead to a loss of confidentiality.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-03-19 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2008-002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28344
CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
CONFIRM http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019667
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41284

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