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CVE-2003-0882

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0882 describes a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X prior to version 10.3 where the TCP timestamp is initialized with a constant value. This flaw allows remote attackers to determine the system's uptime by analyzing the ID field in TCP packets. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to gain information (C:P) but has no impact on integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB modules, though it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0116 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.info.apple.com / article.html
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html