Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2008-3438

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.

  • Published: Aug 1, 2008
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2008-3438
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.1
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
apple / mac_os_x 10.0.0 10.5.4.x