01 Record

CVE-2008-4214

Unspecified vulnerability in Script Editor in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 allows local users to cause the scripting dictionary to be written to arbitrary locations, related to an "insecure file

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Script Editor in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 allows local users to cause the scripting dictionary to be written to arbitrary locations, related to an "insecure file

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: 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 24.5% 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-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b184d360e337b644e8ac1540b22b4c4e366de4435211d90dbe8a965499ab7e39

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
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commacosx-scripteditor-symlink(45786)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45786vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
secunia.com32222http://secunia.com/advisories/32222third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com31716http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31716vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.securitytracker.com1021029http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021029vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.vupen.comADV-2008-2780http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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-2008-4214

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2008-4214

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References