CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code. 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:
The Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.4.9 does not properly check certain environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
The bug was discovered 04/17/2007. The weakness was disclosed 04/24/2007 by Landon Fuller with Mu Security research team (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-0737 since 02/05/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly 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). The entries 2060, 2870, 33942 and 34769 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Local Privilege EscalationCWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 25081
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-004)
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Landon Fuller
Organization: Mu Security research team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0737 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1017939
Vulnerability Center: 14944 - Apple Mac OS X Login Windows Privileges Escalation due to Improper Variables Checks, High
SecurityFocus: 23569 - Apple Mac OS X 2007-004 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24966
OSVDB: 34862 - Apple Mac OS X Login Window Environment Variable Local Privilege Escalation
Vupen: ADV-2007-1470
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/13/2015 14:56Updated: 07/18/2019 13:00
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (79), 07/18/2019 13:00 (3)
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