Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-0345. Additionally, an exploit exists. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 (Operating System). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The (1) Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool, (2) Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy, and (3) ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool programs in /Applications/Utilities/ in Mac OS X 10.4.8 have weak permissions (writable by admin group), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by modifying a program and then performing permissions repair via diskutil.

The weakness was released 01/17/2007 by LMH (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at projects.info-pull.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-0345 since 01/17/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31530), Exploit-DB (3136) and OSVDB (32700†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-85080 and VDB-85081. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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03/12/2015 +2927 days 🔍
08/18/2024 +3447 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: projects.info-pull.com
Researcher: LMH
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-0345 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0345
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34491
X-Force: 31530 - Apple Mac OS X /Applications directory privilege escalation
OSVDB: 32700 - Apple Mac OS X Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool Permission Weakness diskutil Privilege Escalation

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 10:21 PM
Updated: 08/18/2024 04:34 AM
Changes: 03/12/2015 10:21 PM (53), 10/02/2017 10:50 AM (7), 08/18/2024 04:34 AM (17)
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