High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

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

Apple Inc./Mac Os X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: >=10.0.0,<=10.5.4

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.htmlnvdBroken Link
www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdfnvdBroken Link
www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gznvdBroken Link

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