CVE - CVE-2008-2830

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-2830	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2008-07-31 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2008-09-16 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Sep/msg00006.html BID:29831 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29831 MISC:http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/06/18/1919224.shtml SECTRACK:1020345 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020345 SECUNIA:30776 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30776 VUPEN:ADV-2008-1905 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1905/references~~ (Obsolete source) XF:apple-macosx-ardagent-command-execution(43294) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43294
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080623	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080623)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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