CVE-2009-0013: Apple Mac OS X

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

dscl in DS Tools in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6 requires that passwords must be provided as command line arguments, which allows local users to gain privileges by listing process information.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.4.11 only; version 10.5.6 only
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.4.11 only; version 10.5.6 only

Published 2009-02-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.