# CVE-2010-0522: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can exploit former admin group membership to gain unauthorized server access via screen sharing.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Mar 2010
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x5jr-g6pf-rrxm

## What is CVE-2010-0522?

CVE-2010-0522 is a critical vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X Server, published on 30 Mar 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Server Admin in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 does not properly determine the privileges of users who had former membership in the admin group, which allows remote authenticated users to leverage this former membership to obtain a server connection via screen sharing.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0522?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apple Mac Os X Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-0522?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0522 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-0522 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0522 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2008-4223](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4223/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-0510](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0510/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2015-5722](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5722/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-1777](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1777/): Weak cryptography in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-0522 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-0522 is a critical vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X Server, published on 30 Mar 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0522 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apple Mac Os X Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0522/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0522/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0522
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0522
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-0522

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0522/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.