CVE-2008-4212: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in rlogind in the rlogin component in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 applies hosts.equiv entries to root despite what is stated in documentation, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.4.11 only; version 10.5.5 only
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.4.11 only; version 10.5.5 only

Published 2008-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.