CVE-2008-2830

Description

Open Scripting Architecture in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4, and some other 10.4 and 10.5 versions, does not properly restrict the loading of scripting addition plugins, which allows local users to gain privileges via scripting addition commands to a privileged application, as originally demonstrated by an osascript tell command to ARDAgent.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43294

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1905/references

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020345

http://secunia.com/advisories/30776

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Sep/msg00006.html

http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/06/18/1919224.shtml

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3