CVE-2005-1472: Apple Mac OS X

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Certain system calls in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1 do not properly enforce the permissions of certain directories without the POSIX read bit set, but with the execute bits set for group or other, which allows local users to list files in otherwise restricted directories.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.4.1 only

Published 2005-05-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.