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CVE-2003-0088

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0088 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in TruBlueEnvironment for Apple MacOS 10.2.3 and earlier. An attacker can exploit this by setting a specific environment variable, allowing them to overwrite or create arbitrary files and gain root privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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

docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2003/Feb/25/applesa20030225macosx102.txt
atstake.com / research/advisories/2003/a021403-1.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/11332.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/6859