Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8/10.3.3 Mail Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8/10.3.3. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Mail. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0383. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8/10.3.3 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Mail. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unknown vulnerability in Mail for Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8, with unknown impact, related to "the handling of HTML-formatted email."

The weakness was released 05/04/2004 by Aaron with vtty.com (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0383 since 04/05/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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 (15768) and SecurityFocus (BID 10063†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-21840. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/05/2004 🔍
04/06/2004 +1 days 🔍
05/04/2004 +28 days 🔍
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10/16/2014 +3817 days 🔍
07/06/2017 +994 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Aaron
Organization: vtty.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-0383 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0383
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21841
X-Force: 15768 - Apple Mac OS X undisclosed Mail security issue
SecurityFocus: 10063 - Apple Mac OS X Mail Undisclosed HTML Handling Vulnerability

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

Created: 10/16/2014 17:18
Updated: 07/06/2017 08:08
Changes: 10/16/2014 17:18 (48), 07/06/2017 08:08 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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