1882 : Apple Mac OS X Insecure Default Desktop Folder Permissions
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This vulnerability has been flagged as being a Myth/Fake.

Timeline
Disclosure Date
2001-06-26

Description

It was reported that early/beta versions of Mac OS X created each user's Desktop folder with world-readable and world-writable permissions by default. After further testing by the security community, this was demonstrated to be untrue.

Classification

 Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
OSVDB: Myth / Fake

Solution

N/A

Products
Apple Inc.
Mac OS X
 10.0.x

References

Credit
  • kangoo - kangoosaga-city.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 3.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

Access_vector_0 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_1 Integrity_impact_1 Availability_impact_0

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