CVE-2010-0055
xar in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly validate package signatures, which allows attackers to have an unspecified impact via a modified package.
02 Description
xar in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly validate package signatures, which allows attackers to have an unspecified impact via a modified package.
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
- 1.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.3% 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
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2010-03-30 18:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-15
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2f1c7ec5c723016688df0ad83e1293d0add73a99b1d93c9025e4823b85d392f9
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-6490123c7chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WXQ3NRRTC4A3F3GW2RQNATJHYDIRSCBS/
07 Fixed in
Debian 13
- xar Fixed in 1.8.0.498-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xar Fixed in 1.8.0.498-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.