Medium 4.3Published Jun 17, 2010

CVE-2010-1374Directory traversal vulnerability in iChat in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, and 10.6 before 10.6.4, when AIM is used, allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in a…

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Directory traversal vulnerability in iChat in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, and 10.6 before 10.6.4, when AIM is used, allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in an inline image-transfer operation.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
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 mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.5.8; 10.6.0; 10.6.1; 10.6.2; 10.6.3	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.5.8; 10.6.0; 10.6.1; 10.6.2; 10.6.3	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220	vendor-advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024103
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188	patch, vendor-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40871	patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481	vendor-advisory

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