Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 admintool memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component admintool. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2005-3700. There is no exploit available. You should 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 problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component admintool. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unknown vulnerability in iodbcadmintool in the ODBC Administrator utility in Mac OS X and OS X Server 10.3.9 and 10.4.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors.

The bug was discovered 11/29/2005. The weakness was shared 11/29/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-3700 since 11/16/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20249 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-009)), 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 115305 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-009 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2005-11-29)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3892.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23332), Tenable (20249), SecurityFocus (BID 15647†), OSVDB (21272†) and Secunia (SA17813†). The entries VDB-1786, VDB-1813, VDB-1846 and VDB-1844 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 20249
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-009)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-3700 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3700
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27204
X-Force: 23332
SecurityFocus: 15647 - RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-009 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17813 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 21272 - Apple Mac OS X iodbcadmintool Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1015289
Vulnerability Center: 10349 - Mac OS X and OS X Server Unknown Vulnerability in the ODBC Administrator Utility, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-2659

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/14/2019 09:30
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (74), 06/14/2019 09:30 (10)
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Cache ID: 216:5D8:103

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