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
Published Sep 16, 2008
9.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.71%
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.
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:N/AC:L/Au:S/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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.71% (0.01711) | 76.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.71% (0.01711) | 74.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.50% (0.00498) | 63.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00434) | 75.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00434) | 73.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.44% (0.00436) | 70.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020883 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/126787 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45175 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1020883 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/126787 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45175 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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