CVE-2008-2830

no score yetEPSS 0.9%

Open Scripting Architecture in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4, and some other 10.4 and 10.5 versions, does not properly restrict the loading of scripting addition plugins, which allows local users to gain privileges via scripting addition commands to a privileged application, as originally demonstrated by an osascript tell command to ARDAgent.

EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 58% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-264
Published: 2008-06-23
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:mac_os_x

References

http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/06/18/1919224.shtml
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Sep/msg00006.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30776
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29831

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