CVE-2011-0178
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.1
Description
The FSFindFolder API in CarbonCore in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 provides a world-readable directory in response to a call with the kTemporaryFolderType flag, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information by accessing this directory.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
macOS Affected 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 10.6.5 | Affected | — |
| 10.6.4 | Affected | — |
| 10.6.3 | Affected | — |
| 10.6.2 | Affected | — |
| 10.6.1 | Affected | — |
| 10.6.0 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | carboncore | | |
References
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.