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High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-3438

CVE-2008-3438

Description

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.

Affected products

2
  • Apple Inc./Mac OS X2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=10.0.0,<=10.5.4
    • (no CPE)

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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