VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2003-0171

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.91%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2003-05-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

DirectoryServices in MacOS X trusts the PATH environment variable to locate and execute the touch command, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the PATH to point to a directory containing a malicious touch program.

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