CVE-2004-0538: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

LaunchServices in Mac OS X 10.3.4 and 10.2.8 automatically registers and executes new applications, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code without warning the user.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.2.8 only; version 10.3.4 only
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.2.8 only; version 10.3.4 only

Published 2004-08-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.