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CVE-2003-0882 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Mac OS X before 10.3 initializes the TCP timestamp with a co)

Mac OS X before 10.3 initializes the TCP timestamp with a constant number, which allows remote attackers to determine the system's uptime via the ID field in a TCP packet.

CVE IDCVE-2003-0882
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-11-03
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionMac OS X before 10.3 initializes the TCP timestamp with a constant number, which allows remote attackers to determine the system's uptime via the ID field in a TCP packet.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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