CVE-2008-4229

Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in the Passcode Lock feature in Apple iPhone OS 2.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 2.0 through 2.1 allows physically proximate attackers to remove the lock and launch arbitrary applications by restoring the device from a backup.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+7)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html
http://osvdb.org/50026
http://secunia.com/advisories/32756
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021271
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html
http://osvdb.org/50026
http://secunia.com/advisories/32756
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394

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