CVE-2004-0538 — LaunchServices in Mac OS X 10.3.4 and 10.2.8 automatically registers and executes new applications, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code without warning the user

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LaunchServices in Mac OS X 10.3.4 and 10.2.8 automatically registers and executes new applications, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code without warning the user

Published Jun 11, 2004

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.73%

Description

LaunchServices in Mac OS X 10.3.4 and 10.2.8 automatically registers and executes new applications, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code without warning the user.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.73% 0.01734

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01734

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.73% (0.01734)	76.82th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.73% (0.01734)	74.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.72% (0.00720)	70.80th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.42% (0.00422)	75.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.35% (0.00350)	71.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.35% (0.00350)	67.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	3.48% (0.03477)	84.79th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	3.48% (0.03477)	83.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	3.48% (0.03477)	66.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25785
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE

Link	Providers	Tags
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25785		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 11, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jun 4, 2004

Link CVE-2004-0538

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2004-0538

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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