The screen saver in Dock in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 does not prevent four-finger Multi-Touch gestures, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass locking and "manage applications or use Expose" via unspecified vectors
Published Aug 6, 2009
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
The screen saver in Dock in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 does not prevent four-finger Multi-Touch gestures, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass locking and "manage applications or use Expose" via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.5.6
- 10.5
- 10.5.0
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- 10.5.5
- 10.5.6
- 10.5.7
- 10.5
- 10.5.0
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- 10.5.5
- 10.5.6
- 10.5.7
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00360) | 27.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00360) | 27.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00055) | 14.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 34.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 32.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 30.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/56847 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52421 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://osvdb.org/56847 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52421 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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