CVE-2004-0089 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the TruBlueEnvironment component of Apple Mac OS X versions 10.2.x and 10.3.x. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by supplying a specially crafted, long environment variable. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it is considered a low-severity local attack requiring no authentication, but could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating some level of awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.