Apple CUPS up to 10.4 access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple CUPS up to 10.4 (Printing Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The scheduler in CUPS in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.3, when debug logging is enabled and a printer requires a password, allows attackers to obtain sensitive information (credentials) by reading the log data, related to "authentication environment variables."

The bug was discovered 05/28/2008. The weakness was published 06/02/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-1033 since 02/26/2008. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 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 (42713) and Tenable (32477). Similar entries are available at 37528, 39128, 39127 and 38768.

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

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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CUPS 10.5

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1033 (🔍)
X-Force: 42713
SecurityTracker: 1020145
Vulnerability Center: 18529 - Apple Mac OS X < 10.5.3 CUPS Scheduler Sensitive Information Disclosure, Low
SecurityFocus: 29484 - Apple Mac OS X CUPS Debug Logging Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 30430
OSVDB: 45702 - CVE-2008-1033 - Apple - Mac OS X - Information Disclosure Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-1697

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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/11/2019 09:21
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (70), 08/11/2019 09:21 (11)
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