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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Filesystem. 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. CVE summarizes:
Finder in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 does not properly update permission data in the Get Info window after a lock operation that modifies Sharing & Permissions in a filesystem, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions that were not intended by an administrator.
The bug was discovered 09/15/2008. The weakness was disclosed 09/16/2008 by Robert Swiecki with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-2331 since 05/18/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 34211 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.5 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 115955 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5 and Security Update 2008-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2008-09-15)).
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 (45165) and Tenable (34211).
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Nessus ID: 34211
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Robert Swiecki
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2008-2331 (🔍)
X-Force: 45165
SecurityTracker: 1020875
Vulnerability Center: 19492 - Apple Mac OS X 10.5 - 10.5.4 Finder Inaccurate Permissions Displayed, Low
SecurityFocus: 31189 - Apple Mac OS X 2008-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31882
OSVDB: 48181 - CVE-2008-2331 - Apple - Mac OS X - Information Disclosure Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2584
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/17/2019 09:13
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (73), 08/17/2019 09:13 (12)
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