Apple Mac OS X Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Apple Mac OS X. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-2713. The attack needs to be approached locally. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X (Operating System) (unknown version). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

passwd in directory services in mac os x 10.3.x before 10.3.9 and 10.4.x before 10.4.5 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writable files as root by specifying an alternate file in the password database option.

The bug was discovered 08/23/2005. The weakness was presented 12/31/2005 by vade79 and Ilja van Sprundel (iDefense) with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is available at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2713. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After 3 months, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 130 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20990 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-001)), 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 115334 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-03-01)).

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 Exploit-DB (1545), Tenable (20990), SecurityFocus (BID 16910†), OSVDB (23646†) and Secunia (SA19064†). See VDB-1918, VDB-26742, VDB-26741 and VDB-26682 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 20990
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-001)
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08/23/2005 🔍
08/26/2005 +2 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +127 days 🔍
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03/01/2006 +60 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: vade79, Ilja van Sprundel (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-2713 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2713
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27858
X-Force: 25272
SecurityFocus: 16910 - Apple Mac OS X Directory Services Passwd Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19064
OSVDB: 23646 - Apple Mac OS X passwd Database Option Arbitrary File Creation
Vulnerability Center: 10547 - Mac OS X 10.3-10.3.9 and 10.4-10.4.5 Directory Services Local Privilege Escalation, Medium

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

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 02/16/2025 06:32
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (56), 06/11/2019 07:00 (20), 07/07/2021 08:31 (4), 07/07/2021 08:36 (1), 02/16/2025 06:32 (19)
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