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CVE-2005-2741

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2005-10-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Authorization Services in securityd for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 allows local users to gain privileges by granting themselves certain rights that should be restricted to administrators.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.3.9, 10.4.2
• Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.3.9, 10.4.2
• Perry Kiehtreiber Securityd: all versions

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
• http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
• http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml

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