CVE-2008-3618 (GCVE-0-2008-3618)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-09-16 23:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/126787 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020883 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45175 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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