CVE-2008-4212 (GCVE-0-2008-4212)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-10-10 10:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:08
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in rlogind in the rlogin component in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 applies hosts.equiv entries to root despite what is stated in documentation, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
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