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CVE-2005-1723

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

LaunchServices in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.x up to 10.4.1 does not properly mark file extensions and MIME types as unsafe if an Apple Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) is not created when the type is added to the database of unsafe types, which could allow attackers to bypass intended restrictions.

Affected products

• Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.4, 10.4.1

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jun/msg00000.html
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014141
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jun/msg00000.html
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014141

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