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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.2 (Operating System). This issue affects an 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in Alias Manager in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 and earlier on Intel platforms allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) by resolving an alias that contains crafted AFP volume mount information.
The bug was discovered 06/30/2008. The weakness was published 07/01/2008 by Andrew with University of Michigan as HT2163 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-2308 since 05/18/2008. 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. 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 33281 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.4 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 115848 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4 and Security Update 2008-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2008-06-30)).
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 (43474) and Tenable (33281). Similar entries are available at 3754, 3750, 3753 and 3752.
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CPE 2.3
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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: 33281
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102032
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT2163
Researcher: Andrew
Organization: University of Michigan
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2308 (🔍)
X-Force: 43474
SecurityTracker: 1020390
Vulnerability Center: 18736 - Apple Mac OS X Alias Manager Vulnerability Allows DoS or Code Execution via Crafted AFP, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30018 - Apple Mac OS X 2008-004 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 30802
OSVDB: 46663 - CVE-2008-2308 - Apple - Mac OS X - Unspecified Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-1981
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 17:00Updated: 08/12/2019 10:53
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (74), 08/12/2019 10:53 (13)
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