CVE-2005-1725
launchd 106 in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.x up to 10.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the socket file in an insecure temporary directory.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 0.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
launchd 106 in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.x up to 10.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the socket file in an insecure temporary directory.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.76% probability · 55th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 14 June 2005
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/mac os x server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jun/msg00000.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111833509424379&w=2
- http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv3.pdfVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jun/msg00000.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111833509424379&w=2
- http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv3.pdfVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.