CVE-2008-2324: Apple Mac OS X

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

The Repair Permissions tool in Disk Utility in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 adds the setuid bit to the emacs executable file, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing commands within emacs.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.4.11 only
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.4.11 only

Published 2008-08-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.