Apple Mac OS X up to 10.2.8 Finder privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.2.8. Affected is an unknown function of the component Finder. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2003-0876. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.2.8 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Finder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Finder in Mac OS X 10.2.8 and earlier sets global read/write/execute permissions on directories when they are dragged (copied) from a mounted volume such as a disk image (DMG), which could cause the directories to have less restrictive permissions than intended.

The weakness was disclosed 11/03/2003 by Dave G. (Website). The advisory is shared for download at atstake.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0876 since 10/23/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13537) and SecurityFocus (BID 8916†). The entry VDB-20933 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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10/23/2003 🔍
10/28/2003 +5 days 🔍
11/03/2003 +6 days 🔍
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08/15/2014 +3938 days 🔍
05/04/2019 +1723 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: atstake.com
Researcher: Dave G.
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0876 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0876
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20932
X-Force: 13537 - Apple Mac OS X has insecure file permissions
SecurityFocus: 8916 - Apple Mac OS X Insecure File Permissions Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 08/15/2014 16:01
Updated: 05/04/2019 11:48
Changes: 08/15/2014 16:01 (55), 05/04/2019 11:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:73B:103

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