VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2003-0877
Mac OS X before 10.3 with core files enabled allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and read core files via a symlink attack on core files that are created with predictable names in the /cores directory.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.32%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mac OS X before 10.3 with core files enabled allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and read core files via a symlink attack on core files that are created with predictable names in the /cores directory.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/mac os x
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a102803-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8914Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8917
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13542
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a102803-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8914Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8917
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13542
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.