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CVE-2005-2503

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2503 describes a vulnerability in AppKit for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2, allowing an attacker with physical access to create local user accounts by triggering a specific error at the login window. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity, as it requires local access and has a low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Furthermore, the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
Patch
securitytracker.com / id