Medium 6.8Published Jun 2, 2008

CVE-2008-1032Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an (1) Automator, (2) Help, (3) Safari, or (4) Term…

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Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an (1) Automator, (2) Help, (3) Safari, or (4) Terminal content type for a downloadable object, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message in (a) the Download Validation feature in Mac OS X 10.4 or (b) the Quarantine feature in Mac OS X 10.5.

CVSS: 6.8 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.4.11; 10.5; 10.5.1; 10.5.2	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.4.11; 10.5; 10.5.1; 10.5.2	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html	patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430	vendor-advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020137
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412	patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29481
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html	patch, us-government-resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697	vendor-advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42711

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