CVE-2008-4593 describes a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability affecting Apple iPhone 2.1 with firmware 5F136. When a passcode is required and SMS previews are disabled, a physically proximate attacker can bypass these security measures by initiating an Emergency Call and then reading SMS messages displayed on the device screen. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.2, indicating a local attack vector with high access complexity and a partial impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:apple:iphone:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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