# CVE-2008-2830: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting improper restrictions on loading scripting addition plugins in macOS Open Scripting Architecture.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jun 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p958-hfq6-5xfg

## What is CVE-2008-2830?

CVE-2008-2830 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 23 Jun 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Open Scripting Architecture in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4, and some other 10.4 and 10.5 versions, does not properly restrict the loading of scripting addition plugins, which allows local users to gain privileges via scripting addition commands to a privileged application, as originally demonstrated by an osascript tell command to ARDAgent.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2830?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apple Mac Os X.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-2830?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2830 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-2830 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2830 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Apple Mac OSX 10.x - Applescript ARDAgent Shell Privilege Escalation (exploitdb)

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-2830 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-2830 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 23 Jun 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2830 exists.

Affected product: Apple Mac Os X. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2830/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2830/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2830
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2830
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-2830

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