CVE-2005-0342

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The Finder in Mac OS X and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a hard link from the .DS_Store file to an arbitrary file.

The Finder in Mac OS X and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a hard link from the .DS_Store file to an arbitrary file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Apple Mac OS X

First reported 19 years ago

2005-05-02 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:32:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.0

10.0

Apple Mac OS X 10.0.1

10.0.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.0.2

10.0.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.0.3

10.0.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4

10.0.4

Apple Mac OS X 10.1

10.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1

10.1.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2

10.1.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.1.3

10.1.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.1.4

10.1.4

Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5

10.1.5

Apple Mac OS X 10.2

10.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1

10.2.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2

10.2.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3

10.2.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4

10.2.4

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5

10.2.5

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6

10.2.6

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7

10.2.7

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8

10.2.8

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 10.3.4

10.3.4

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5

10.3.5

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.6

10.3.6

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.7

10.3.7

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.0

10.0

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1

10.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.1

10.1.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.2

10.1.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.3

10.1.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.4

10.1.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.5

10.1.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2

10.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1

10.2.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2

10.2.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3

10.2.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4

10.2.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5

10.2.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6

10.2.6

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7

10.2.7

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8

10.2.8

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

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4

10.3.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5

10.3.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.6

10.3.6

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.7

10.3.7

References

APPLE-SA-2005-05-03

Patch

20050207 [OSX Finder] DS_Store arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability.

14188

Patch, Vendor Advisory

12458

Exploit

finder-dsstore-file-overwrite(19253)

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