CVE-2008-0042 — Argument injection vulnerability in Terminal

Argument injection vulnerability in Terminal.app in Terminal in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified URL schemes.

01What is this vulnerability?

Argument injection vulnerability in Terminal.app in Terminal in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified URL schemes.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2008-02-12T19:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-07T07:32:23.803Z

09References

• www.kb.cert.org — http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774345
• docs.info.apple.com — http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/28891
• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0495/references
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27736
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019364
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043B.html
• lists.apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Feb/msg00002.html