Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2005-3701. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

unspecified vulnerability in passwordserver in mac os x server 10.3.9 and 10.4.3 when creating an open directory master server allows local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors.

The weakness was published 11/30/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3701. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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. 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)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. 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 (23334), Tenable (20249), SecurityFocus (BID 15647†), OSVDB (21273†) and Secunia (SA17813†). Similar entries are available at VDB-1786, VDB-1813, VDB-1846 and VDB-1844. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
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Local: Yes
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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: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3701 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3701
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27205
X-Force: 23334
SecurityFocus: 15647 - RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-009 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17813
OSVDB: 21273 - Apple Mac OS X passwordserver Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1015290
Vulnerability Center: 10350 - Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 and 10.4.3 Local Privilege Escalation, Medium

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

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 11/22/2024 19:32
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (54), 06/11/2019 06:59 (13), 07/06/2021 17:27 (2), 07/06/2021 17:35 (1), 11/22/2024 19:32 (16)
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