Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.8 Bluetooth Setup Assistant privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.8. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Bluetooth Setup Assistant. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-0713. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.8 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Bluetooth Setup Assistant. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Bluetooth Setup Assistant for Mac OS X before 10.3.8 can be launched without a keyboard or Bluetooth device, which allows local users to bypass access restrictions and gain privileges.

The bug was discovered 03/21/2005. The weakness was published 03/15/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at docs.info.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0713 since 03/11/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17587 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-003)), 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.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19780), Exploit-DB (25256), Tenable (17587), SecurityFocus (BID 13226†) and OSVDB (15008†). Similar entries are available at VDB-1178, VDB-1296, VDB-1294 and VDB-1293. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 17587
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-003)
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Patch: apple.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0713 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0713
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1295
X-Force: 19780
SecurityFocus: 13226 - Apple Mac OS X Bluetooth Setup Assistant Unspecified Vulnerability
Secunia: 14655 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 15008 - CVE-2005-0713 - Apple - Mac OS X - Privilege-escalation Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7843 - Bypass Access Restrictions in Mac OS X 10.3.8 via Bluetooth Setup Assistant, Medium

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

Created: 03/29/2005 10:47
Updated: 02/18/2025 17:51
Changes: 03/29/2005 10:47 (79), 07/01/2019 20:40 (6), 02/18/2025 17:51 (26)
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