CVE-2008-2331 Information

Description

Finder in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 does not properly update permission data in the Get Info window after a lock operation that modifies Sharing & Permissions in a filesystem which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions that were not intended by an administrator.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 http://securitytracker.com/id?1020875 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45165