Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2008-3438 | First vendor Publication | 2008-08-01 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-02-15 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | 8.1 | ||
| Base Score | 8.1 | Environmental Score | 8.1 |
| impact SubScore | 5.9 | Temporal Score | 8.1 |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | 2.2 | ||
| Attack Vector | Network | Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None | User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | Availability Impact | High |
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Apple Mac OS X does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3438 |
CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification
| Id | Name |
|---|---|
| CAPEC-184 | Software Integrity Attacks |
| CAPEC-185 | Malicious Software Download |
| CAPEC-186 | Malicious Software Update |
| CAPEC-187 | Malicious Automated Software Update |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-494 | Download of Code Without Integrity Check (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 48324 | Apple Mac OS X Update Authenticity Verification Weakness |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2024-02-16 05:28:20 |
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| 2021-05-04 12:07:52 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:08:13 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:22:03 |
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| 2013-05-11 00:22:40 |
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