Little Snitch 4.3.0/4.3.1/4.3.2 Helper Tool access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Little Snitch 4.3.0/4.3.1/4.3.2. Affected is an unknown function of the component Helper Tool. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-13013. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Little Snitch 4.3.0/4.3.1/4.3.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Helper Tool. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Little Snitch versions 4.3.0 to 4.3.2 have a local privilege escalation vulnerability in their privileged helper tool. The privileged helper tool implements an XPC interface which is available to any process and allows directory listings and copying files as root.

The weakness was released 08/23/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-13013 since 06/28/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple 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.

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

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-140712. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/28/2019 🔍
08/23/2019 +56 days 🔍
08/24/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/01/2023 +1560 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: obdev.at
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-13013 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-13013
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-140711
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/24/2019 10:51
Updated: 12/01/2023 14:19
Changes: 08/24/2019 10:51 (36), 08/04/2020 12:56 (17), 12/01/2023 14:19 (3)
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