Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Pixlet codec in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted movie file that triggers memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 02/12/2009. The weakness was disclosed 02/12/2009 by Clint Ruoho with Laconic Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-0009 since 12/15/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35684 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2009-001)), 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 116215 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2009-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2009-02-12)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48713) and Tenable (35684). The entries 3868, 3872, 38543 and 42789 are pretty similar.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 35684
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2009-001)
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Clint Ruoho
Organization: Laconic Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0009 (🔍)
X-Force: 48713
Vulnerability Center: 20947 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6 Pixlet Codec Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 33759 - RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2009-001 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33937
OSVDB: 51980 - Apple Mac OS X Pixlet Codec Crafted Movie File Handling Memory Corruption
Vupen: ADV-2009-0422

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/27/2019 16:39
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (76), 08/27/2019 16:39 (6)
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