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CVE-2008-1572

Image Capture in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5 does not properly use temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite

Image Capture in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5 does not properly use temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, and display images that are being resized by this application.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00064
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

2
apple mac os xall versions
apple mac os x serverall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD02 Jun 2008 · 09:30 PM
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020141
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29521
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.htmlUS Government Resource
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