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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 5, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2003-0171

CVE-2003-0171

Description

DirectoryServices in MacOS X trusts the PATH environment variable to locate and execute the touch command, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the PATH to point to a directory containing a malicious touch program.

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Affected products

23
  • Apple Inc./Mac OS X16 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 15 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Apple Inc./Mac OS X Server6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy

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