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
Published Jun 23, 2008
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.87%
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.
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.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.87% (0.00867) | 57.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.87% (0.00867) | 53.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00130) | 29.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.05% (0.02046) | 79.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.05% (0.02046) | 77.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.05% (0.02046) | 56.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/06/18/1919224.shtml x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Sep/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30776 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29831 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020345 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1905/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43294 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/06/18/1919224.shtml | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Sep/msg00006.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30776 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29831 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020345 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1905/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43294 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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