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CVE-2004-0821
The CFPlugIn in Core Foundation framework in Mac OS X allows user supplied libraries to be loaded, which could allow local users to gain…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The CFPlugIn in Core Foundation framework in Mac OS X allows user supplied libraries to be loaded, which could allow local users to gain privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 28 days later
· 28 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 11135 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-0024-09-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_AUSCERTx_transferred
- VU#704110 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 12491 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- macos-corefoundation-gain-privileges(17291) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- O-212 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0819 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-0821)Record last updated .