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CVE-2005-3704
System log server in Mac OS X and OS X Server 10.4 through 10.4.3 allows remote attackers to spoof syslog messages in log files by…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 1.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 25% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
System log server in Mac OS X and OS X Server 10.4 through 10.4.3 allows remote attackers to spoof syslog messages in log files by injecting various control characters such as newline (NL).
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- macos-syslog-forgery(23344) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17813 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2659 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1015293 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-11-29 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 21277 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 15647 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2005-3701 (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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