CVE-2005-2516

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Safari in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2, when rendering Rich Text Format (RTF) files, can directly access URLs without performing the normal security checks, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 19, 2005
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2005-2516: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix