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CVE-2005-0712

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Mac OS X before 10.3.8 users world-writable permissions for certain directories, which may allow local users to gain privileges, possibly via the receipt cache or ColorSync profiles.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3.4

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html

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