01 Record

CVE-2008-4212

Unspecified vulnerability in rlogind in the rlogin component in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 applies hosts.equiv entries to root despite what is stated in documentation, which might allow remote

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Unspecified vulnerability in rlogind in the rlogin component in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 applies hosts.equiv entries to root despite what is stated in documentation, which might allow remote

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 2.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 83.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2008-10-10 10:00Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 10:08Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-09-24

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-16

Data version

5.1

Document digest

91136855fefe884468ac2be95b0ba5b2eb9ce64f739705d9210fb6ab0d8282ec

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

applemac_os_xNot specified—

applemac_os_x_serverNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com31681http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.securityfocus.com31708http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31708vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.securitytracker.com1021028http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021028vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
secunia.com32222http://secunia.com/advisories/32222third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.vupen.comADV-2008-2780http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commacosx-rlogin-weak-security(45785)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45785vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-10-09http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216x_refsource_CONFIRM

01 Record index

CVE-2008-4212

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2008-4212

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References