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CVE-2008-4229

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4229 describes a race condition in the Passcode Lock feature of Apple iPhone OS 2.0-2.1 and iPod touch OS 2.0-2.1. This vulnerability allows a physically proximate attacker to bypass the passcode lock and launch applications by restoring the device from a backup. With a CVSS score of 3.7, it is considered low severity, requiring local access and high attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.7LOW

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 10th percentile among its peer group of 747 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 0.2 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

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 50026
secunia.com / advisories/32756
support.apple.com / kb/HT3318
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/32394
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3232