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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the component Authorization. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in NetCfgTool in the System Configuration component in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.2 allows local users to bypass authorization and execute arbitrary code via crafted distributed objects.
The bug was discovered 03/18/2008. The weakness was released 03/18/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0998 since 02/26/2008. 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31605 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-002)), 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 databases at X-Force (41281) and Tenable (31605). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 3489, 35080, 35079 and 38538.
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 31605
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-002)
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0998 (🔍)
X-Force: 41281
SecurityTracker: 1019674
Vulnerability Center: 17974 - Apple Mac OS X NetCfgTool Unspecified Vulnerability Allows Local Users to Elevate Privileges, Medium
SecurityFocus: 28385 - Apple Mac OS X NetCfgTool Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 29420 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43398 - Apple - Mac OS X - NetCfgTool Local Privilege Escalation Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0924
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 17:00Updated: 08/07/2019 14:28
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (76), 08/07/2019 14:28 (5)
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