CVE-2005-0342

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Finder in Mac OS X and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a hard link from the .DS_Store file to an arbitrary file.

Affected products

macOS: 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.1 (+22)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.0, 10.1, 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.3, 10.1.4 (+18)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780124707975&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14188
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12458
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19253
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780124707975&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14188
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12458
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19253

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