CVE-2003-1011

no score yetEPSS 0.3%

Apple Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.2.8 allows local users with a USB keyboard to gain unauthorized access by holding down the CTRL and C keys when the system is booting, which crashes the init process and leaves the user in a root shell.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 26% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2004-03-29
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:mac_os_x

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/343087
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8945
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13573
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798

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