{"id":"CVE-2005-1725","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2005-1725","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:40:45.285Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2005-06-08T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:13:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apple/mac os x server"],"epss":{"score":0.00757,"percentile":0.54906,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2005-06-14","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":1043,"kind":"exploit","title":"Apple Mac OSX 10.4 - launchd Race Condition","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1043","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/osx/local/1043.c","file":"exploits/osx/local/1043.c","published":"2005-06-14","added":"2005-06-13","updated":null,"author":"intropy","type":"local","platform":"osx","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-17265","CVE-2005-1725"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jun/msg00000.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111833509424379&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv3.pdf","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jun/msg00000.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111833509424379&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv3.pdf","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1725","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}