CVE-2004-1021 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

iCal before 1.5.4 on Mac OS X 10.2.3, and other later versions, does not alert the user when handling calendars that use alarms, which allows attackers to execute programs and send e-mail via alarms.

Published: 2004-11-24

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apple:ical:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2004-1019	iCal before 1.5.4 on Mac OS X 10.2.3, and other later versions, does not alert the user when handling calendars that use alarms, which allows attackers to execute programs and send e-mail via alarms.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00489.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2004/Nov/msg00000.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18209

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Ical

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-11-24T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:39:00.634Z

Reserved: 2004-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1021

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-03-01T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-1021

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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