CVE-2005-1725

launchd 106 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-1725. PoCs published by intropy.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a race condition in Mac OS X 10.4's launchd to create a symlink to a target file, potentially allowing privilege escalation. The PoC forks a process to trigger launchd while attempting to replace a socket file with a symlink to the target.

Description

launchd 106 in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.x up to 10.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the socket file in an insecure temporary directory.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by intropy · clocalosx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1043

This exploit leverages a race condition in Mac OS X 10.4's launchd to create a symlink to a target file, potentially allowing privilege escalation. The PoC forks a process to trigger launchd while attempting to replace a socket file with a symlink to the target.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: Mac OS X 10.4 launchd
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · Mac OS X 10.4 with vulnerable launchd
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111833509424379&w=2
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv3.pdf
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jun/msg00000.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0076
EPSS Percentile 50.3%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.4
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.4.1
Published Jun 08, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026