Path Traversal in Apple Mac OS X Server

CVE-2010-0501

Directory traversal vulnerability in FTP Server in Apple Mac OS X Server before 10.6.3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via crafted filenames.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2010-03-30 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-08.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)