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CVE-2004-0486
HelpViewer in Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8 processes scripts that it did not initiate, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code,…
High7.6EPSS 9.7%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
HelpViewer in Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8 processes scripts that it did not initiate, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, an issue that was originally reported as a directory traversal vulnerability in the Safari web browser using the runscript parameter in a help: URI handler.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.7% · top 4.5% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- VU#578798 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 11622 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2004-05-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 10356 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 6184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20040516 Vuln. MacOSX/Safari: Remote help-call, execute scripts (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.fundisom.com/owned/warning (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- macos-runscript-code-execution(16166) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1010167 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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)
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