CVE-2010-0522

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% 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-264

Description

Server Admin in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 does not properly determine the privileges of users who had former membership in the admin group, which allows remote authenticated users to leverage this former membership to obtain a server connection via screen sharing.

Affected products

Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.5.8

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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