Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 Help Viewer memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 (Operating System). This affects an unknown function of the component Help Viewer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the Foundation framework for Mac OS X 10.3.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long environment variable.

The bug was discovered 05/04/2005. The weakness was shared 05/04/2005 by David Remahl (echo) with Echo One (Website). The advisory is shared at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1336 since 04/27/2005. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18189 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-005)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115060 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-005 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2005-05-03)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20390) and Tenable (18189). The entries 1453, 1443, 1452 and 1448 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 18189
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-005)
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Patch: apple.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: David Remahl (echo)
Organization: Echo One
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1336 (🔍)
X-Force: 20390
Vulnerability Center: 8422 - Code Execution in Mac OS X 10.3 - 10.3.9 and Mac OS X Server 10.3 - 10.3.9 via Foundation Framework, High
SecurityFocus: 13480 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 15227 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 16077 - CVE-2005-1336 - Apple - Mac OS X - Buffer Overflow Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 05/24/2005 11:38
Updated: 07/02/2019 18:23
Changes: 05/24/2005 11:38 (82), 07/02/2019 18:23 (8)
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