CVE-2004-0486

23Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 9.7%

from disclosure to weapon0 days

Published on NVDMay 28

1st PoCMay 17

exploitation probability

9.7%top 5% of all CVEs

observed exploitation

nono source reports it

1 public exploit(s)

HelpViewer in Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8 processes scripts that it did not initiate, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, an issue that was originally reported as a directory traversal vulnerability in the Safari web browser using the runscript parameter in a help: URI handler.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof

exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/24121

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References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0837.html http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00053.html http://secunia.com/advisories/11622/http://securitytracker.com/id?1010167 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16166 http://www.fundisom.com/owned/warning http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/578798 http://www.osvdb.org/6184 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10356