Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.9 denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.9 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the authentication feature for DirectoryService (DS Plug-Ins) for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.8 allows remote authenticated LDAP users to modify the root password and gain privileges via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 03/13/2007. The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2007 by Alex with Security-Protocols (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-0723 since 02/05/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24811 (Mac OS X < 10.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-003)), 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 c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115527 (Apple Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2007-03-13)).

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism. 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 (32971) and Tenable (24811). The entries 2060, 2621, 2709 and 2824 are pretty similar.

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Operating System

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Apple

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Mac OS X

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commercial

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end of life

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 24811
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-003)
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Recommended: Authentication
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Alex
Organization: Security-Protocols
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0723 (🔍)
X-Force: 32971
SecurityTracker: 1017751
Vulnerability Center: 14639 - Apple Mac OS X DirectoryService Authentication Feature Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 22948 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Applications Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24479 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 34848 - Apple Mac OS X DirectoryService (DS Plug-Ins) Authentication Feature Remote Privilege Escalation
Vupen: ADV-2007-0930

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 07/16/2019 18:10
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (83), 07/16/2019 18:10 (2)
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