CVE-2005-0712: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Mac OS X before 10.3.8 users world-writable permissions for certain directories, which may allow local users to gain privileges, possibly via the receipt cache or ColorSync profiles.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.1 only; version 10.2 only; version 10.3.4 only

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