Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

AFP Server in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 stores reconnect keys in a world-readable file, which allows local users to obtain the keys and access files and folders of other users.

The bug was discovered 08/01/2006. The weakness was published 08/02/2006 by Jesse Ruderman (iDefense) with Mozilla Corporation (Website). The advisory is available at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-3495 since 07/10/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22125 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-004)), 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 115383 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-08-01)).

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 (28136) and Tenable (22125). Similar entries are available at 1998, 25512, 26669 and 25873.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman (iDefense)
Organization: Mozilla Corporation
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3495 (🔍)
X-Force: 28136
SecurityTracker: 1016620
Vulnerability Center: 12436 - Apple Mac OS X Reconnect Keys Disclosure, High
SecurityFocus: 19289 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21253 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27732 - Apple Mac OS X Server AFP Server Reconnect Key Disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2006-3101

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/23/2019 21:11
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (85), 06/23/2019 21:11 (4)
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