Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple memory leaks in XNU 1228.3.13 and earlier on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 and earlier allow local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via a crafted (1) SYS_add_profil or (2) SYS___mac_getfsstat system call.

The bug was discovered 03/23/2009. The weakness was published 04/02/2009 by DiGiT with Digit-Labs (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-1237 since 04/02/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. 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 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (8263). Similar entries are available at 3959, 47496 and 47494.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
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Access: Public
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: milw0rm.com
Researcher: DiGiT
Organization: Digit-Labs
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-1237 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 22014 - Apple Mac OS X <= 10.5.6 XNU <=1228.3.13 Memory Leakage Local DoS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 34202 - Apple Mac OS X Kernel Memory Multiple Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34424 - Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 53330 - CVE-2009-1237 - Apple - Mac OS X - Denial-Of-Service Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/03/2019 17:40
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (68), 09/03/2019 17:40 (4)
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