CVE - CVE-2008-3618

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-3618	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The File Sharing pane in the Sharing preference pane in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 does not inform users that the complete contents of their own home directories are shared for their own use, which might allow attackers to leverage other vulnerabilities and access files for which sharing was unintended.
References
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2008-09-15 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html BID:31189 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 CERT:TA08-260A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html CERT-VN:VU#126787 URL:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/126787 SECTRACK:1020883 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020883 VUPEN:ADV-2008-2584 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584~~ (Obsolete source) XF:macos-filesharing-weak-security(45175) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45175
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080812	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 (20080812)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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