MEDIUM
Argument injection vulnerability in Terminal.app in Terminal in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified URL schemes
Published Feb 12, 2008
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.44%
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Terminal.app in Terminal in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified URL schemes.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.44% 0.04441
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04441
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 4.44% (0.04441) | 91.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.44% (0.04441) | 90.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.01% (0.04013) | 87.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.23% (0.02232) | 89.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 16, 2024 | 2.61% (0.02612) | 90.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.52% (0.02520) | 88.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.28% (0.06280) | 90.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.28% (0.06280) | 89.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.28% (0.06280) | 77.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Feb/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28891 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774345 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27736 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019364 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043B.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0495/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Feb/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28891 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774345 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27736 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019364 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043B.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0495/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 12, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 3, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0042
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a