Apple Mac OS X 10.4 LaunchServices code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4. The affected element is an unknown function of the component LaunchServices. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-0399. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component LaunchServices. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Safari, LaunchServices, and/or CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.5 allows attackers to trick a user into opening an application that appears to be a safe file type. NOTE: due to the lack of specific information in the vendor advisory, it is not clear how CVE-2006-0397, CVE-2006-0398, and CVE-2006-0399 are different.

The weakness was shared 03/10/2006 by Will Dormann and Andris Baumberger (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-0399 since 01/24/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21073 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-002)), 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 115340 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-002 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-03-13)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25269), Tenable (21073), OSVDB (23871†), Secunia (SA19129†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015760†). The entries VDB-2080, VDB-2081, VDB-2079 and VDB-29190 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 21073
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-002)
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01/24/2006 🔍
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03/13/2006 +2 days 🔍
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Will Dormann, Andris Baumberger
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0399 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0399
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29189
X-Force: 25269 - Apple Mac OS X open safe files after downloading command execution
Secunia: 19129
OSVDB: 23871 - Apple Mac OS X CoreTypes Safe File Type Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1015760 - Apple Safari 'Safe' File Type Processing Flaw May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vupen: ADV-2006-0949

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/08/2021 11:33
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (69), 09/06/2017 15:24 (1), 07/08/2021 11:33 (3)
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