CVE-2010-0522 — Server Admin in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 does not properly determine the privileges of users who had former membership in the admin group, which allows remote authenticated users to leverage this former membership to obtain a server connection via screen sharing

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Server Admin in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 does not properly determine the privileges of users who had former membership in the admin group, which allows remote authenticated users to leverage this former membership to obtain a server connection via screen sharing

Published Mar 30, 2010

9.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.04%

Description

Server Admin in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 does not properly determine the privileges of users who had former membership in the admin group, which allows remote authenticated users to leverage this former membership to obtain a server connection via screen sharing.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.04% 0.02041

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02041

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	2.04% (0.02041)	80.47th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.10% (0.02098)	79.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.41% (0.00413)	59.40th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.25% (0.00249)	65.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 10, 2024	0.23% (0.00234)	61.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.22% (0.00220)	59.56th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.13% (0.00131)	46.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.25% (0.00249)	60.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Mar 30, 2010

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Feb 3, 2010

Link CVE-2010-0522

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2010-0522

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2010-0522