CVE-2003-1011 describes a critical vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X versions 10.0 through 10.2.8, allowing local users with physical access and a USB keyboard to bypass security. By holding CTRL+C during boot, the init process crashes, granting the attacker a root shell. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.2) has a low attack complexity and results in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.