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CVE-2003-1011

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2004-03-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apple Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.2.8 allows local users with a USB keyboard to gain unauthorized access by holding down the CTRL and C keys when the system is booting, which crashes the init process and leaves the user in a root shell.

Affected products

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

References

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/343087
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8945
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13573
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/343087
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8945
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13573

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