CVE-2004-1081

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2004-12-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Application Framework (AppKit) for Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8 and 10.3.6 does not properly restrict access to a secure text input field, which allows local users to read keyboard input from other applications within the same window session.

Affected products

Apple Darwin Streaming Server: 4.1.3, 5.0.1
macOS: 10.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 10.2.5 (+10)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 10.2.5 (+10)
Apple Quicktime Streaming Server: 4.1.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Dec/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/13362/
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-049.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11802
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18350
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Dec/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/13362/
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-049.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11802
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18350

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