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CVE-2005-0342
The Finder in Mac OS X and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a hard link from the…
Low2.1EPSS 0.94%
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Description
The Finder in Mac OS X and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a hard link from the .DS_Store file to an arbitrary file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.94% · top 39% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 14188 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 12458 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- finder-dsstore-file-overwrite(19253) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20050207 [OSX Finder] DS_Store arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-05-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .