CVE-2005-1727

Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 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: 2005-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.x up to 10.4.1 sets insecure world- and group-writable permissions for the (1) system cache folder and (2) Dashboard system widgets, which allows local users to conduct unauthorized file operations via "file race conditions."

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://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jun/msg00000.html

Get alerted when CVE-2005-1727 or the next vulnerability affects your stack