CVE-2008-3617

Severity Score

9.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Remote Management and Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when used to set a password for a VNC viewer, displays additional input characters beyond the maximum password length, which might make it easier for attackers to guess passwords that the user believed were longer.

Remote Management y Screen Sharing en Apple Mac OS X 10.5 a la v10.5.4, cuando se usa para establecer una contraseña para el visor VNC, muestra los caracteres adicionales más allá del máximo tamaño de contraseña, lo que puede facilitar a los atacantes obtener contraseñas cuyos usuarios pensaban que eran mayores.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-08-12 CVE Reserved
2008-09-16 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-255: Credentials Management Errors

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020882	Vdb Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45174	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html	2017-08-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189	2017-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.5.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.5.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.5.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.5.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.5.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.5.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.5.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.5.4"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.5.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.5.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.5.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.5.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.5.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.5.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.5.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.5.4"		-		Affected