Vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X

CVE-2003-1011

Apple Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.2.8 allows local users with a USB keyboard to gain unauthorized access by holding down the CTRL and C keys when the system is booting, which crashes the init process and leaves the user in a root shell.

EPSS: 0.003 (25.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Apple Mac_os_x — versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)