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CVE-2005-1342

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1342 describes a vulnerability in Apple Terminal 1.4.4 on Mac OS X 10.3.9, where the x-man-page: URI handler fails to properly sanitize terminal escape sequences. This oversight allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on affected systems. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity. It is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting it has not garnered significant attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:terminal:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0521 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.html
PatchVendor Advisory
remahl.se / david/vuln/011
ExploitVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/15227
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/356070
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
osvdb.org / 16084
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/13480
Patch
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA05-136A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/0455