CVE-2005-1725 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in launchd 106 within Apple Mac OS X 10.4.x up to 10.4.1. An attacker can exploit a symlink race condition on a socket file in an insecure temporary directory to overwrite arbitrary files. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of partial integrity loss. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, an ExploitDB entry exists, and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.