Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8/10.3.6 Apache privileges management

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8/10.3.6. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Apache. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2004-1083. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8/10.3.6 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component Apache. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

apache for apple mac os x 10.2.8 and 10.3.6 restricts access to files in a case sensitive manner but the apple hfs+ filesystem accesses files in a case insensitive manner which allows remote attackers to read .ds_store files and files beginning with ".ht" using alternate capitalization.

The bug was discovered 12/02/2004. The weakness was shared 12/03/2004 by netsec with Apache (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1083 since 11/30/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15927 (Apache on Mac OS X HFS+ Arbitrary File Source Disclosure), 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 115270 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-007 v1.1 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2005-08-17)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18348), Tenable (15927), SecurityFocus (BID 11802†), OSVDB (12192†) and Secunia (SA13362†). The entries VDB-1128, VDB-1078, VDB-22502 and VDB-22503 are related to this item. 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: 15927
Nessus Name: Apache on Mac OS X HFS+ Arbitrary File Source Disclosure
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11/30/2004 🔍
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12/03/2004 +1 days 🔍
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12/09/2004 +6 days 🔍
05/29/2005 +171 days 🔍
02/27/2015 +3561 days 🔍
06/02/2019 +1555 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: netsec
Organization: Apache
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1083 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1083
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22509
X-Force: 18348
SecurityFocus: 11802 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Remote And Local Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 13362 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 12192 - CVE-2004-1083 - Apple - Mac OS X - Information Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 8167 - Apache for Apple Mac OS X Allows Reading Files via Apple HFS+ Filesystem, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 02/27/2015 15:25
Updated: 06/02/2019 00:29
Changes: 02/27/2015 15:25 (72), 06/02/2019 00:29 (7)
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