VDB-464 · XFDB 14114 · BID 9332

Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.2 denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.2 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The bug was discovered 11/20/2003. The weakness was shared 12/30/2003 by Matt Burnett as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in C and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 40 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (14114).

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: apple.com

Timelineinfo

11/20/2003 🔍
12/30/2003 +40 days 🔍
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01/05/2004 +6 days 🔍
01/06/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/12/2019 +5575 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Researcher: Matt Burnett
Status: Not defined
X-Force: 14114 - SecurityServer daemon denial of service, Medium Risk
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
SecurityFocus: 9332 - Apple MacOS X SecurityServer Daemon Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 10524 - Mac OS X Local Denial of Service Vulnerability, Not Critical
OSVDB: 3314 - Apple Mac OS X SecurityServer Local DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108

Entryinfo

Created: 01/06/2004 14:05
Updated: 04/12/2019 20:37
Changes: 01/06/2004 14:05 (69), 04/12/2019 20:37 (2)
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