CVE-2008-4223

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Podcast Producer in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Apple Mac Os X Server: through 10.5.5; 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32870
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021409
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839

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