CVE-2003-0877 in Mac OS X

Summary

Mac OS X before 10.3 with core files enabled allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and read core files via a symlink attack on core files that are created with predictable names in the /cores directory.

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• Reservation: 10/23/2003
• Disclosure: 11/03/2003
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-20933
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-61 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00068
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0877
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0877
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2003-0877/