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CVE-2008-0998

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0998 describes an unspecified authorization bypass vulnerability in the NetCfgTool component of Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.2. This flaw allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting distributed objects. With a CVSS score of 6.9, it carries high impact for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/29420
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41281
securityfocus.com / bid/28304
securityfocus.com / bid/28385
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0924/references