Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2741. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

authorization services in securityd for apple mac os x 10.3.9 allows local users to gain privileges by granting themselves certain rights that should be restricted to administrators.

The bug was discovered 09/23/2005. The weakness was published 10/25/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2741 since 08/30/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 (22391), Tenable (19773), SecurityFocus (BID 14914†), OSVDB (19711†) and Secunia (SA16920†). Similar entries are available at VDB-25571, VDB-26659, VDB-26658 and VDB-26657. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 19773
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-008)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/22/2005 🔍
08/30/2005 +69 days 🔍
09/22/2005 +23 days 🔍
09/23/2005 +1 days 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3418 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2741 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2741
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26655
X-Force: 22391
SecurityFocus: 14914 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-008 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16920 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 19711 - CVE-2005-2741 - Apple - Mac OS X - Privilege Escalation Issue
Vulnerability Center: 9490 - Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 \x26 10.4.2 Local Privileges Escalation via the Authorization Service securityd, 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 (7)
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