CVE-2004-0485

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The default protocol helper for the disk: URI on Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files by causing a disk image file (.dmg) to be mounted as a disk volume.

Affected products

macOS: 10.2.8, 10.3.3

References

http://fundisom.com/owned/warning
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00053.html
http://lists.seifried.org/pipermail/security/2004-May/003743.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11622/
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/210606
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16166
http://fundisom.com/owned/warning
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00053.html
http://lists.seifried.org/pipermail/security/2004-May/003743.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11622/
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/210606
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16166

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