CVE-2005-0342 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2005-0342?

CVE-2005-0342 is a low-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 10 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Finder in Mac OS X and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges by creating a hard link from the .DS_Store file to an arbitrary file.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0342?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0342?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0342 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2005-0342 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0342 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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