Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 integer coercion

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MacMIME encapsulated attachment.

The bug was discovered 05/11/2006. The weakness was published 05/08/2006 by Damien Bobillot (McAfee) with McAfee AVERT Labs (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1449 since 03/28/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26417) and Tenable (21341). Similar entries are available at 27361, 26531, 30221 and 30220.

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Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown

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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: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Damien Bobillot (McAfee)
Organization: McAfee AVERT Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1449 (🔍)
X-Force: 26417
SecurityTracker: 1016078
Vulnerability Center: 11416 - Apple Mac OS X Mail Remote Code Execution via Crafted MacMIME Encapsulated Attachment, Medium
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: 25593 - Apple Mac OS X Mail MacMIME Attachment Integer Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2006-1779

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/17/2019 18:45
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (74), 06/17/2019 18:45 (11)
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