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CVE-2004-0538

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-08-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

LaunchServices in Mac OS X 10.3.4 and 10.2.8 automatically registers and executes new applications, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code without warning the user.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.2.8, 10.3.4
• Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.2.8, 10.3.4

References

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25785
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25785

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