VDB-36318 · CVE-2007-0732 · BID 23569

Apple Mac OS X 10.4 Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 (Operating System). Affected is 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the CoreServices daemon in CarbonCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.9 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors involving "obtaining a send right to [the] Mach task port."

The bug was discovered 04/17/2007. The weakness was presented 04/24/2007 by Landon Fuller with Mu Security research team (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-0732 since 02/05/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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 $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25081 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-004)), 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 115539 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2007-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2007-04-19)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (25081). See 2060, 2870, 33942 and 34769 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Apple

Name

Mac OS X

Version

10.4

License

commercial

Support

end of life

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 7.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 25081
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-004)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/05/2007 🔍
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04/19/2007 +2 days 🔍
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04/25/2007 +1 days 🔍
03/13/2015 +2879 days 🔍
07/18/2019 +1588 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Landon Fuller
Organization: Mu Security research team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0732 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1017942
Vulnerability Center: 14941 - Mac OS X CarbonCore CoreServices Daemon Privileges Escalation, High
SecurityFocus: 23569 - Apple Mac OS X 2007-004 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24966
OSVDB: 34859 - Apple Mac OS X CarbonCore CoreServices Daemon Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation
Vupen: ADV-2007-1470

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

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 07/18/2019 12:43
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (79), 07/18/2019 12:43 (3)
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