CVE-2008-3438

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-494

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.htmlBroken Link
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdfBroken Link
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gzBroken Link
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.htmlBroken Link
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdfBroken Link
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gzBroken Link

Timeline

Published: Aug 1, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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