CVE-2008-2311: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.6. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5, when Open Safe Files is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack, probably related to a race condition and automatic execution of a downloaded file.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.4.1 only; version 10.4.2 only; version 10.4.3 only; version 10.4.4 only; version 10.4.5 only; version 10.4.6 only; …
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.4.1 only; version 10.4.2 only; version 10.4.3 only; version 10.4.4 only; version 10.4.5 only; version 10.4.6 only; …

Published 2008-07-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.