CVE-2004-0486

Severity

76%

Complexity

49%

Confidentiality

165%

HelpViewer in Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8 processes scripts that it did not initiate, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, an issue that was originally reported as a directory traversal vulnerability in the Safari web browser using the runscript parameter in a help: URI handler.

HelpViewer in Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8 processes scripts that it did not initiate, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, an issue that was originally reported as a directory traversal vulnerability in the Safari web browser using the runscript parameter in a help: URI handler.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.6. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Apple Mac OS X

First reported 20 years ago

2004-07-07 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:30:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.3

10.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1

10.3.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2

10.3.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3

10.3.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3

10.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1

10.3.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2

10.3.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.3

10.3.3

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