Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3 Bluetooth access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Bluetooth. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-2834. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component Bluetooth. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

IOKit in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 allows local users to modify the firmware of a (1) USB or (2) Bluetooth keyboard via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 11/10/2009 by Nicolas Joly with Vmware (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-2834. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116692 (Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2 and Security Update 2009-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54196), Tenable (42434), SecurityFocus (BID 36956†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24567†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4059, VDB-50781, VDB-50780 and VDB-50779. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.4

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08/17/2009 🔍
11/09/2009 +84 days 🔍
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01/13/2010 +64 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1890 days 🔍
06/02/2025 +3729 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Nicolas Joly
Organization: Vmware
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-2834 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2834
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50775
X-Force: 54196
SecurityFocus: 36956 - RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2009-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 24567 - Apple Mac OS X \x3C 10.6.2 IOKit Vulnerability Allows Local Attackers to Modify USB/Bluetooth Firmware, Medium

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

Created: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM
Updated: 06/02/2025 01:55 PM
Changes: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM (58), 02/20/2017 09:56 AM (11), 08/27/2021 02:44 PM (4), 08/27/2021 02:49 PM (1), 06/02/2025 01:55 PM (18)
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