Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.0 CoreFoundation cfdatareplacebytes length input validation
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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.0 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function cfdatareplacebytes
of the component CoreFoundation. The manipulation of the argument length
with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Integer overflow in the CFDataReplaceBytes function in the CFData API in CoreFoundation in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid length argument, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
The bug was discovered 05/28/2008. The weakness was disclosed 06/02/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1030 since 02/26/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32477 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.3 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.
Upgrading to version 10.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42709) and Tenable (32477). The entries 37528, 39128, 39127 and 38768 are pretty similar.
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Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 32477
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102031
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.5.1
Timeline
02/26/2008 🔍05/28/2008 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2008-1030 (🔍)
X-Force: 42709
SecurityTracker: 1020135
Vulnerability Center: 18512 - CFData API in CoreFoundation in Apple Mac OS X Allows Local Users to Execute Code and Cause DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 29491 - Apple Mac OS X CoreFoundation CFData Object Handling Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 30430
OSVDB: 45699 - Apple - Mac OS X - CoreFoundation CFData Object Handling Code Execution Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-1697
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 17:00Updated: 08/11/2019 08:09
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (73), 08/11/2019 08:09 (11)
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