Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 Bluetooth path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Bluetooth Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-1333. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Bluetooth Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Bluetooth file and object exchange (OBEX) services in Mac OS X 10.3.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

The bug was discovered 05/04/2005. The weakness was published 05/04/2005 by Kevin Finisterre (kf_lists) (Website). The advisory is shared at docs.info.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1333 since 04/27/2005. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.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 18683 (Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.2 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 and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115060 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-005 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2005-05-03)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (25598), Tenable (18683), SecurityFocus (BID 13491†), OSVDB (16074†) and Secunia (SA15227†). Similar entries are available at VDB-1453, VDB-1443, VDB-1452 and VDB-1448. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
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Nessus ID: 18683
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: apple.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: Kevin Finisterre (kf_lists)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-1333 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1333
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1445
SecurityFocus: 13491 - Apple Mac OS X BlueTooth Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia: 15227 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 16074 - Apple Mac OS X - BlueTooth - Directory Traversal Issue
Vulnerability Center: 8029

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 05/24/2005 11:38
Updated: 02/23/2025 15:42
Changes: 05/24/2005 11:38 (80), 07/02/2019 18:30 (5), 06/12/2024 20:47 (17), 02/23/2025 15:42 (3)
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