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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.9 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. 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:
Buffer overflow in FTP Server in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CWD command specifying a pathname in a deeply nested hierarchy of directories, related to a "CWD command line tool."
The weakness was presented 11/10/2009 by Nicolas Joly with Vmware (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-2832. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42434 (Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.2 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.
Upgrading to version 10.4.10 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54194) and Tenable (42434). See 4059, 50781, 50780 and 50779 for similar entries.
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 42434
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102038
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.4.10
Timeline
08/17/2009 🔍11/09/2009 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Nicolas Joly
Organization: Vmware
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2832 (🔍)
X-Force: 54194
Vulnerability Center: 24565 - Apple Mac OS X \x3C 10.6.2 FTP Server Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary Code Execution via CWD Command, Critical
SecurityFocus: 36956 - RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2009-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 08/27/2021 14:37
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (57), 02/20/2017 09:55 (11), 08/27/2021 14:33 (4), 08/27/2021 14:37 (1)
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