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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7, when the administrator clears the "Allow user to administer this computer" checkbox in System Preferences for a user, does not remove the user s account from the appserveradm or appserverusr groups, which still allows the user to manage WebObjects applications.
The bug was discovered 09/29/2006. The weakness was shared 10/03/2006 by Dino Dai Zovi (Patrick) with Matasano Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4387 since 08/28/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22476 (Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 115422 (Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 and Security Update 2006-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-09-29)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. 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 (29296) and Tenable (22476). The entries 31584, 32567, 32566 and 32565 are related to this item.
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Class: Local Privilege EscalationCWE: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 22476
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: Dino Dai Zovi (Patrick)
Organization: Matasano Security
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2006-4387 (🔍)
X-Force: 29296
SecurityTracker: 1016955
Vulnerability Center: 12804 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4-10.4.7 Allows Users to Manage WebObjects Even When Requested Not To, Medium
SecurityFocus: 20271 - Apple Mac OS X Pre 10.4.8 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22187 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 29273 - Apple Mac OS X Preferences Account Manipulation WebObjects Application Privilege Persistence
Vupen: ADV-2006-3852
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/12/2015 15:51Updated: 07/08/2019 21:21
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (78), 07/08/2019 21:21 (11)
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