CVE-2008-4237 (GCVE-0-2008-4237)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-17 01:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:08
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Managed Client in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 sometimes misidentifies a system when installing per-host configuration settings, which allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact by leveraging unintended settings, as demonstrated by the screen saver lock setting.
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