Apple Mac OS X up to 10.0.4 Find-By-Content .FBCIndex information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.0.4 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file .FBCIndex of the component Find-By-Content. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2001-1446. There is no exploit available. This vulnerability is historically significant due to its background and the way it was received. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.0.4 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file .FBCIndex of the component Find-By-Content. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Find-By-Content in Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.0.4 creates world-readable index files named .FBCIndex in every directory, which allows remote attackers to learn the contents of files in web accessible directories.

The weakness was shared 09/11/2001 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-1446 since 04/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/17/2024). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10756 (Apple Mac OS X Find-By-Content .DS_Store Web Directory Listing), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86253 (Apple Macintosh OS X FBCIndex File Contents Disclosure Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 10.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7103), Tenable (10756), SecurityFocus (BID 3325†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1982†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 10756
Nessus Name: Apple Mac OS X Find-By-Content .DS_Store Web Directory Listing
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OpenVAS ID: 10756
OpenVAS Name: MacOS X Finder reveals contents of Apache Web directories
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.2
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09/11/2001 +253 days 🔍
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09/14/2001 +3 days 🔍
09/07/2003 +723 days 🔍
04/21/2005 +592 days 🔍
07/08/2014 +3365 days 🔍
11/17/2024 +3785 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-1446 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1446
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17349
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X-Force: 7103 - Apple Mac OS X used with Apache Web server could disclose directory contents
SecurityFocus: 3325 - Apple Macintosh OS X FBCIndex File Contents Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1982 - MacOS X Client Apache \x27.DS_Store\x27 Directories Contents Disclosure, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 01:41
Updated: 11/17/2024 04:12
Changes: 07/09/2014 01:41 (43), 05/12/2019 14:19 (36), 11/17/2024 04:12 (17)
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