CVE-2003-0088

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

TruBlueEnvironment for MacOS 10.2.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files and gain root privileges by setting a certain environment variable that is used to write debugging information.

Affected products

macOS: 10.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2003/Feb/25/applesa20030225macosx102.txt
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a021403-1.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11332.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6859
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2003/Feb/25/applesa20030225macosx102.txt
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a021403-1.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11332.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6859

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