CVE-2004-0486 — HIGH severity vulnerability (HelpViewer in Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8 processes scripts t)
HelpViewer in Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8 processes scripts that it did not initiate, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, an issue that was originally reported as a directory traversal vulnerability in the Safari web browser using the runscript parameter in a help: URI handler.
| CVE ID | CVE-2004-0486 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2004-07-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | HelpViewer in Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8 processes scripts that it did not initiate, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, an issue that was originally reported as a directory traversal vulnerability in the Safari web browser using the runscript parameter in a help: URI handler. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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