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CVE-2011-0178

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0178 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the FSFindFolder API within CarbonCore in Apple Mac OS X before version 10.6.7. This flaw allows local users to access a world-readable temporary directory, potentially exposing sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 2.1, this vulnerability is considered low severity, requiring local access with low attack complexity, and only impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 17th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

applepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
PatchVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4581
PatchVendor Advisory