CVE-2003-0882

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% 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 initializes the TCP timestamp with a constant number, which allows remote attackers to determine the system's uptime via the ID field in a TCP packet.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.3

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html

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