Unspecified vulnerability in rlogind in the rlogin component in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 applies hosts.equiv entries to root despite what is stated in documentation, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions
Published Oct 10, 2008
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.59%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in rlogind in the rlogin component in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 applies hosts.equiv entries to root despite what is stated in documentation, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.4.11
- 10.5.5
- 10.4.11
- 10.5.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of rsh-server packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5. The glibcs ruserok function is used to check users authorization against rhosts files. That implementation of ruserok never opens /etc/hosts.equiv for superuser.
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: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 2, 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 2, 2026 | 2.59% (0.02591) | 84.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.59% (0.02591) | 83.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.17% (0.01166) | 77.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.28% (0.02284) | 90.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 17, 2023 | 2.11% (0.02114) | 87.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.79% (0.01785) | 86.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31708 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021028 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4212 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45785 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4212
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4212
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31708 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021028 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4212 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45785 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4212 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4212 |
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