VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-0049

CVSS score1.9 LOW
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-03-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 inadvertently makes an NSApplication mach port available for inter-process communication instead of inter-thread communication, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted messages to privileged applications.

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