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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.8 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Finder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Finder in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by browsing directories containing crafted .DS_Store files.
The bug was discovered 11/28/2006. The weakness was published 11/14/2006 by Mu Security with Open Network Security (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4402 since 08/28/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23740 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-007)), 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 115471 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-007 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-11-28)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30617) and Tenable (23740). Similar entries are available at 27241, 31257, 32357 and 32356.
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Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 23740
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-007)
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Mu Security
Organization: Open Network Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4402 (🔍)
X-Force: 30617
SecurityTracker: 1017304
Vulnerability Center: 13197 - Mac OS X Finder Service Buffer Overflow via Crafted .DS_Store Files, High
SecurityFocus: 21335 - Apple Mac OS X 2006-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23155 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 30735 - Apple Mac OS X Finder .DS_Store File Handling Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2006-4750
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 22:21Updated: 07/11/2019 11:38
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (84), 07/11/2019 11:38 (3)
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