High 9.0Published Sep 16, 2008

CVE-2008-3618The File Sharing pane in the Sharing preference pane in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 does not inform users that the complete contents of their own home directories are shared for their own use,…

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The File Sharing pane in the Sharing preference pane in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 does not inform users that the complete contents of their own home directories are shared for their own use, which might allow attackers to leverage other vulnerabilities and access files for which sharing was unintended.

CVSS: 9.0 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
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	10.5; 10.5.1; 10.5.2; 10.5.3; 10.5.4	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html	patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020883
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/126787	patch, us-government-resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189	patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html	us-government-resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45175

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