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CVE-2010-0498

• 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: 2010-03-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Directory Services in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 does not properly perform authorization during processing of record names, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.6.2; 10.5, 10.5.0, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4 (+6)
• Apple Mac Os X Server: through 10.6.2; 10.5, 10.5.0, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4 (+6)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077

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