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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
load_webdav in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.4.9 does not properly clean the environment when mounting a WebDAV filesystem, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting unspecified environment variables.
The bug was discovered 04/17/2007. The weakness was published 04/24/2007 by Landon Fuller with Mu Security research team (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-0747 since 02/05/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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.
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). Similar entries are available at 2060, 2870, 33942 and 34769.
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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-2007-0747 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1017942
Vulnerability Center: 14950 - Apple Mac OS X load_webdav Privileges Escalation via Unspecified Environment Variables, High
SecurityFocus: 23569 - Apple Mac OS X 2007-004 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24966
OSVDB: 34871 - Apple Mac OS X load_webdav File System Mount 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 14:29
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (73), 07/18/2019 14:29 (7)
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