CVE-2008-2324

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Repair Permissions tool in Disk Utility in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 adds the setuid bit to the emacs executable file, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing commands within emacs.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4.11
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.4.11

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31326
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30483
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30492
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020605
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44132
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31326
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30483
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30492
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020605

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