CVE-2004-0485 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The default protocol helper for the disk: URI on Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files by causing a disk image file (.dmg) to be mounted as a disk volume.

Published: 2004-05-28

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 3.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0484	The default protocol helper for the disk: URI on Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files by causing a disk image file (.dmg) to be mounted as a disk volume.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.032.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://fundisom.com/owned/warning
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00053.html
http://lists.seifried.org/pipermail/security/2004-May/003743.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11622/
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/210606
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16166

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-05-28T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:15.156Z

Reserved: 2004-05-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0485

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-07-07T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-0485

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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