CVE-2003-0490: Dantz Retrospect Client

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Dantz Retrospect Client: version 5.0.540 only

Published 2003-08-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.