Back
CVE-2005-2748
The malloc function in the libSystem library in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by…
Low2.1EPSS 0.34%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The malloc function in the libSystem library in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting the MallocLogFile environment variable to the target file before running a setuid application.
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)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- P-312 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv7.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ESB-2005.0732 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_AUSCERTx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-09-22 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 16920 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2005-2748)Record last updated .