CVE-2004-1083 Information

Description

Apache for Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8 and 10.3.6 restricts access to files in a case sensitive manner but the Apple HFS+ filesystem accesses files in a case insensitive manner which allows remote attackers to read .DS_Store files and files beginning with .ht\ using alternate capitalization.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Dec/msg00000.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/13362/ http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-049.shtml http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11802 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18348