CVE-2004-0486

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

HelpViewer in Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8 processes scripts that it did not initiate, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, an issue that was originally reported as a directory traversal vulnerability in the Safari web browser using the runscript parameter in a help: URI handler.

Affected products

macOS: 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0837.html
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00053.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11622/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010167
http://www.fundisom.com/owned/warning
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/578798
http://www.osvdb.org/6184
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10356
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16166
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0837.html
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00053.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11622/

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