CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-0486

7.6 HIGH Published 2004-07-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-07-07
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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 configurations

• apple mac os x 10.3 • apple mac os x 10.3.1 • apple mac os x 10.3.2 • apple mac os x 10.3.3 • apple mac os x server 10.3 • apple mac os x server 10.3.1 • apple mac os x server 10.3.2 • apple mac os x server 10.3.3

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