Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2003-0171
DirectoryServices in MacOS X trusts the PATH environment variable to locate and execute the touch command, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the PATH to point to a directory containing a malicious touch program.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.0, 10.2, 10.2.1
References
- www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a041003-1.txt (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html