VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-0500

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.74%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-03-30
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

Event Monitor in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 does not properly validate hostnames of SSH clients, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (arbitrary client blacklisting) via a crafted DNS PTR record, related to a "plist injection issue."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references