CVE-2005-2501

Mac Os X vulnerability

CVSS

7.6

EPSS

4.2%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflow in AppKit for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Rich Text Format (RTF) file.

Affected vendor

Apple

Affected product

Mac Os X

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published

2005-08-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Apple Mac Os X is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2501.
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