Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-2515. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

quartz composer screen saver in mac os x 10.4.2 allows local users to access links from the rss visualizer even when a password is required.

The weakness was published 08/19/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2515 since 08/10/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19463 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-007)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. 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)).

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 (21917), Tenable (19463), SecurityFocus (BID 14567†), SecurityTracker (ID 1014705†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-10952†). Similar entries are available at VDB-26658, VDB-26654, VDB-26085 and VDB-26084. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 19463
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-007)
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03/11/2015 +3258 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-2515 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2515
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26075
X-Force: 21917
SecurityFocus: 14567
SecurityTracker: 1014705 - Apple QuartzComposerScreenSaver Lets Physically Local Users Bypass the Password Mechanism
Vulnerability Center: 10952 - Quarz Composer Screen Saver in Mac OS X 10.4.2 Local Access to Links that Require Password, Medium

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

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/04/2025 12:44
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (48), 06/11/2019 06:58 (15), 07/05/2021 17:13 (2), 07/04/2025 12:44 (17)
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