Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6 dsimportexport Password information disclosure

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component dsimportexport. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Password). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Information leak in dsimportexport for Apple Macintosh OS X Server 10.2.6 allows local users to obtain the username and password of the account running the tool.

The bug was discovered 06/12/2003. The weakness was published 06/13/2003 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0420 since 06/11/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (12342).

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Information disclosure / Password
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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06/04/2019 +1758 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0420 (🔍)
X-Force: 12342 - Apple Mac OS X dsimportexport allows attacker to obtain information
SecurityFocus: 7894 - Apple Mac OS X DSIMPORTEXPORT Information Disclosure Weakness
Secunia: 9025 - Mac OS X Security Update for Apache and dsimportexport, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 16723 - Apple MacOS X Server, Information Disclosure via DSIMPORTEXPORT Utility

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108

Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2014 00:59
Updated: 06/04/2019 21:07
Changes: 08/12/2014 00:59 (61), 06/04/2019 21:07 (3)
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