CVE-2011-0178

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2011-03-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The FSFindFolder API in CarbonCore in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 provides a world-readable directory in response to a call with the kTemporaryFolderType flag, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information by accessing this directory.

Affected products

Apple Carboncore: all versions
macOS: through 10.6.6; 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4, 10.6.5
Apple Mac Os X Server: through 10.6.6; 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4, 10.6.5

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581

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