The scheduler in CUPS in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.3, when debug logging is enabled…
Priority LOW 14CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
The scheduler in CUPS in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.3, when debug logging is enabled and a printer requires a password, allows attackers to obtain sensitive information (credentials) by reading the log data, related to "authentication environment variables."
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01548 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions | Running on | Apple |
| cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.5 | Running on | Apple |
| cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.5.1 | Running on | Apple |
| cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.5.2 | Running on | Apple |
| cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions | Vulnerable | Apple |
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Apple
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5 Running on ·Apple
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.1 Running on ·Apple
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.2 Running on ·Apple
- cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Apple
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-1033
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mjfh-xcvw-r3vp
References
More Apple Cups vulnerabilities
- TI-2008-03486 The Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HPGL) filter in CUPS before 1.3.9 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2008-00044 Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2004-02026 CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2010-02814 ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for attribute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2009-00903 The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2008-04935 The web interface (cgi-bin/admin.c) in CUPS before 1.3.8 uses the guest username when a… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2008-1033 · CVE Program
- CVE-2008-1033 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mjfh-xcvw-r3vp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2008-1033 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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