CVE-2004-0962

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-02-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apple Remote Desktop Client 1.2.4 executes a GUI application as root when it is started by an Apple Remote Desktop Administrator application, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code when loginwindow is active via Fast User Switching.

Affected products

Apple Remote Desktop: 2.0.0

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Oct/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Oct/msg00002.html

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