CVE-2008-4237

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.

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33179Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32880
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021407
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33179Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32880
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021407
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444

Published

Dec 17, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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