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What is CVE-2008-3438?

CVE-2008-3438 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 1 Aug 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apple Mac OS X does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.

Weakness: CWE-494

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3438?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3438?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3438 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-3438 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3438 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c99v-pf2h-3c56.