CVE-2005-0342
lowpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.009 · 61 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
0.94% (61st) EPSS
CVSS 2.1 · low
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Finder in Mac OS X and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a hard link from the .DS_Store file to an arbitrary file.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
2.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-793Apple Mac OSX - '.DS_Store' Arbitrary File Overwritefunctional · exploit_db
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affected products (53)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2005-05-02modified 2026-06-16
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780124707975&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14188enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12458enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19253enisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.htmlPatchnvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780124707975&w=2nvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14188PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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