CVE-2008-2313: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Apple Mac OS X before 10.5 uses weak permissions for the User Template directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by inserting a Trojan horse file into this directory.

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.