High 7.5Published Dec 3, 2004

CVE-2004-1083Apache 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 attack…

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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.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-178
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple darwin_streaming_server apple:darwin_streaming_server	4.1.3; 5.0.1	NVD
apple quicktime_streaming_server apple:quicktime_streaming_server	4.1.1	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.2; 10.2.1; 10.2.2; 10.2.3; 10.2.4; 10.2.5; 10.2.6; 10.2.7; and 8 more ranges	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.2; 10.2.1; 10.2.2; 10.2.3; 10.2.4; 10.2.5; 10.2.6; 10.2.7; and 8 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Dec/msg00000.html	mailing-list, patch
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html	mailing-list
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html	mailing-list
http://secunia.com/advisories/13362/	broken-link, patch, vendor-advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-049.shtml	broken-link, patch, vendor-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11802	broken-link, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18348	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

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