CVE-2003-0171
N/A
Published: April 15, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendormacOSMac OS X Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_ATSTAKE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a041003-1.txtQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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