CVE-2005-0970: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.6. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Mac OS X 10.3.9 and earlier allows users to install, create, and execute setuid/setgid scripts, contrary to the intended design, which may allow attackers to conduct unauthorized activities with escalated privileges via vulnerable scripts.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.0 only; version 10.0.1 only; version 10.0.2 only; version 10.0.3 only; version 10.0.4 only; version 10.1 only; …

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