National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2502
Original release date:08/19/2005
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in AppKit for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2, as used in applications such as TextEdit, allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Word file.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA05-229A
Name: TA05-229A
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#172948
Name: VU#172948
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1014695
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2005-08-17
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2005-08-15
