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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-09-16T16:22:35.171Z

Reserved: 2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2008-3438

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-08-01T14:41:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-3438

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