CVE-2003-0378

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

The Kerberos login authentication feature in Mac OS X, when used with an LDAPv3 server and LDAP bind authentication, may send cleartext passwords to the LDAP server when the AuthenticationAuthority attribute is not set.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 7.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.43%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 72
Score date: 10/13/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Apple — MAC OS X

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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