Description
Apple Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.2.8 allows local users with a USB keyboard to gain unauthorized access by holding down the CTRL and C keys when the system is booting, which crashes the init process and leaves the user in a root shell.
Published: 2004-03-10
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-1001 Apple Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.2.8 allows local users with a USB keyboard to gain unauthorized access by holding down the CTRL and C keys when the system is booting, which crashes the init process and leaves the user in a root shell.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:12:35.735Z

Reserved: 2003-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-1011

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Status : Modified

Published: 2004-03-29T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-1011

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