CVE-2010-0545: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Finder in DesktopServices in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, and 10.6 before 10.6.4, does not set the expected file ownerships during an "Apply to enclosed items" action, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via normal filesystem operations.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.5.8 only; version 10.6.0 only; version 10.6.1 only; version 10.6.2 only; version 10.6.3 only
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.5.8 only; version 10.6.0 only; version 10.6.1 only; version 10.6.2 only; version 10.6.3 only

Published 2010-06-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.