CVE-2008-4234
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the Quarantine feature in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.5...
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the Quarantine feature in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an executable file with the content type indicating no application association for the file, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the Quarantine feature in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an executable file with the content type indicating no application association for the file, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message.
- Record
CVE-2008-4234- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the Quarantine feature in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an executable file with the content type indicating no application association for the file, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message.
- Record
CVE-2008-4234- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-4217 No score
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the Quarantine feature in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an executable file with the content type indicating no application association for the file, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message.
- Record
EUVD-2008-4217- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5q4g-m8fp-qww7 No score
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the Quarantine feature in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.5...
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the Quarantine feature in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an executable file with the content type indicating no application association for the file, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message.
- Record
GHSA-5q4g-m8fp-qww7- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-4234 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Apple Mac Os X, published December 17, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.55%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.