CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0490

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The installation of Dantz Retrospect Client 5.0.540 on MacOS X 10.2.6, and possibly other versions, creates critical directories and files with world-writable permissions, allowing local users to gain privileges as other users by replacing programs with malicious code.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization involves the potential for privilege escalation by local users, which could lead to unauthorized access to systems and data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict permissions on critical directories and files and to update the software to the latest version to minimize risk.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The installation of Dantz Retrospect Client 5.0.540 on MacOS X 10.2.6, and possibly other versions, creates critical directories and files with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges as other users by replacing programs with malicious code.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS