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CVE-2003-0877

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-11-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Mac OS X before 10.3 with core files enabled allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and read core files via a symlink attack on core files that are created with predictable names in the /cores directory.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.1 (+14)

References

• http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a102803-1.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8914
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8917
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13542
• http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a102803-1.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8914
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8917
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13542

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