CVE-2004-1083

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-178

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Dec/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Patch
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.htmlMailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.htmlMailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/13362/Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-049.shtmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11802Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18348Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Dec/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Patch
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.htmlMailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.htmlMailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/13362/Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-049.shtmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11802Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18348Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Dec 3, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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