Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the Quarantine feature in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an executable file with the content type indicating no application association for the file, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message
Published Dec 17, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.55%
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the Quarantine feature in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an executable file with the content type indicating no application association for the file, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 10.5.5
- 10.5
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- ≤ 10.5.5
- 10.5
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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:M/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 4, 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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 4.55% (0.04551) | 91.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.55% (0.04551) | 90.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 1, 2025 | 4.97% (0.04966) | 89.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.44% (0.02445) | 83.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.81% (0.06810) | 85.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.44% (0.02445) | 84.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.71% (0.02708) | 90.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 23, 2023 | 4.59% (0.04593) | 91.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 6, 2023 | 3.92% (0.03920) | 90.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2023 | 3.05% (0.03051) | 89.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.73% (0.02730) | 88.87th | 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) |
References (8)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33179 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021400 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47689 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33179 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021400 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47689 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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