CVE-2008-2330: Apple Mac OS X Server

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

slapconfig in Directory Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 allows local users to select a readable output file into which the server password will be written by an OpenLDAP system administrator, related to the mkfifo function, aka an "insecure file operation issue."

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.4.11 only; version 10.5 only; version 10.5.1 only; version 10.5.2 only; version 10.5.3 only; version 10.5.4 only

Published 2008-09-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.