CVE-2008-3618

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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

macOS: 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020883
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/126787
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45175
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020883
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/126787
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html

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