CVE-2005-0712 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X versions prior to 10.3.8, where world-writable permissions on specific directories (like the receipt cache or ColorSync profiles) could allow local users to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is there any public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are also non-existent, indicating very low public attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.