Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 malloc

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9. Affected by this vulnerability is the function malloc. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-2748. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

the malloc function in the libsystem library in apple mac os x 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting the malloclogfile environment variable to the target file before running a setuid application.

The bug was discovered 09/23/2005. The weakness was presented 10/25/2005 by Ilja van Sprundel (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2748 since 08/30/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19773 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-008)), 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 l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115280 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-008 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2005-09-22)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22383), Tenable (19773), SecurityFocus (BID 14939†), OSVDB (19706†) and Secunia (SA16920†). See VDB-25571, VDB-26659, VDB-26658 and VDB-26657 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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Nessus ID: 19773
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-008)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2748 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2748
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26653
X-Force: 22383
SecurityFocus: 14939 - Apple Mac OS X MallocStackLogging Local Arbitrary File Modification Vulnerability
Secunia: 16920 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 19706 - Apple Mac OS X - MallocStackLogging Local Arbitrary File Modification Issue
Vulnerability Center: 9496 - Mac OS X 10.3 - 10.4.2 Local Files Overwrite via malloc() Function in libSystem Library, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/11/2019 06:58
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (68), 06/11/2019 06:58 (8)
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