Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. 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. The summary by CVE is:

NSSecureTextField in AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 does not re-enable secure event input under certain circumstances, which could allow other applications in the window session to monitor input characters and keyboard events.

The bug was discovered 05/08/2006. The weakness was published 05/12/2006 by Brent Simmons (McAfee) with McAfee AVERT Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-1439. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21341 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-003)), 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 115357 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-05-11)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26404) and Tenable (21341). Similar entries are available at 26531, 30221, 30220 and 30219.

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CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 21341
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-003)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: Brent Simmons (McAfee)
Organization: McAfee AVERT Labs
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-1439 (🔍)
X-Force: 26404
Vulnerability Center: 11402 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 AppKit Disclosure of Input Characters to Applications in the Window Session, Low
SecurityFocus: 17951 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20077 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 25583 - Apple Mac OS X AppKit NSSecureTextField Input Disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2006-1779

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/12/2021 09:45
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (75), 06/17/2019 17:19 (6), 07/12/2021 09:45 (3)
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