CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0125

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in the 'at' commands on Mac OS X 10.3.7 and earlier is due to improper privilege dropping. This allows a local user to delete arbitrary files via atrm, execute arbitrary programs, or read arbitrary files using the -f argument to batch.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes privilege escalation by a local user, which can lead to unauthorized deletion of critical data, execution of malicious code, or leakage of confidential information.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update Mac OS X to version 10.3.8 or later, which includes a fix for this vulnerability. In the meantime, restrict local access to the system to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The "at" commands on Mac OS X 10.3.7 and earlier do not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to (1) delete arbitrary files via atrm, (2) execute arbitrary programs via the -f argument to batch, or (3) read arbitrary files via the -f argument to batch, which generates a job file that is readable by the local user.

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