CVE-2004-0486 Information

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.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0837.html http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00053.html http://secunia.com/advisories/11622/ http://securitytracker.com/id?1010167 http://www.fundisom.com/owned/warning http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/578798 http://www.osvdb.org/6184 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10356 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16166