Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4 Package Installation Scripts privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Package Installation Scripts. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-0516. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Package Installation Scripts. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unknown vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.3.4, related to "package installation scripts," a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0517.

The bug was discovered 05/29/2004. The weakness was presented 08/18/2004 by David Brown with vtty.com (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.seifried.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0516 since 06/01/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12257 (Mac OS X < 10.3.4 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 c.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16290), Tenable (12257), SecurityFocus (BID 10432†), OSVDB (8437†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1010331†). See VDB-543, VDB-681, VDB-682 and VDB-680 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 12257
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.3.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.seifried.org
Researcher: David Brown
Organization: vtty.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0516 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0516
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22133
X-Force: 16290
SecurityFocus: 10432 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 8437 - CVE-2004-0516 - Apple - Mac OS X - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1010331
Vulnerability Center: 14615 - Unspecified Package Installation Vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 12/18/2014 16:12
Updated: 07/16/2019 16:31
Changes: 12/18/2014 16:12 (73), 07/16/2019 16:31 (4)
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