Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.1 Access Restriction access control

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.1 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

X11 in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.1 does not properly handle when the "Allow connections from network client" preference is disabled, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and connect to the X server.

The bug was discovered 02/11/2008. The weakness was disclosed 02/12/2008 by FiSh with Sun Microsystems (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-0037 since 01/03/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 30255 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 115711 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 and Security Update 2008-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2008-2-11)).

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 databases at X-Force (40435) and Tenable (30255). The entries 2864, 3360, 40977 and 40976 are pretty similar.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Nessus ID: 30255
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102029
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: FiSh
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0037 (🔍)
X-Force: 40435
SecurityTracker: 1019365
Vulnerability Center: 17635 - Apple Mac OS X X11 Allows Remote Attackers to Bypass Security Restrictions and Access X Server, Medium
SecurityFocus: 27736 - Apple Mac OS X v10.5.2 2008-001 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28891
OSVDB: 41508 - CVE-2008-0037 - Apple - Mac OS X - Security Bypass Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0495

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 07/31/2021 07:12
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (72), 08/05/2019 08:38 (14), 07/31/2021 07:12 (3)
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