CVE-2004-0486 (GCVE-0-2004-0486)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-05-28 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:17
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/11622/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10356 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.osvdb.org/6184 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclo… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.fundisom.com/owned/warning x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010167 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2004-05-21 00:00
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