CVE-2005-0125: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

  • Apple Mac OS X: version 10.3.4 only; version 10.3.7 only
  • Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.3.7 only

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.