Apple Mac OS X does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2008-08-01T14:00:00Z
Updated: 2024-09-16T16:22:35.171Z
Reserved: 2008-08-01T00:00:00Z
Link: CVE-2008-3438
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2008-08-01T14:41:00.000
Modified: 2024-02-15T20:13:01.057
Link: CVE-2008-3438
Redhat
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