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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2830
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CVE-2008-2830

Description:
Open Scripting Architecture in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4, and some other 10.4 and 10.5 versions, does not properly restrict the loading of scripting addition plugins, which allows local users to gain privileges via scripting addition commands to a privileged application, as originally demonstrated by an osascript tell command to ARDAgent.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43294

ST
  1020345

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA30776

MISC
  http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/06/18/1919224.shtml

BID
  29831

APPLE
  http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Sep/msg00006.html
  http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html


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