Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 bootpd stack-based overflow

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
9.0$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9. Affected is an unknown function of the component bootpd. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-3498. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component bootpd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in bootpd in the DHCP component for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BOOTP request.

The bug was discovered 08/01/2006. The weakness was presented 07/14/2006 by Jesse Ruderman (iDefense) with Mozilla Corporation as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3498 since 07/10/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22125 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-004)), 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 115383 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-08-01)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28139), Tenable (22125), SecurityFocus (BID 19289†), OSVDB (27736†) and Secunia (SA21253†). See VDB-1998, VDB-25512, VDB-26669 and VDB-25873 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Support

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 22125
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-004)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍
McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

Timelineinfo

07/10/2006 🔍
07/14/2006 +4 days 🔍
08/01/2006 +17 days 🔍
08/01/2006 +0 days 🔍
08/01/2006 +0 days 🔍
08/01/2006 +0 days 🔍
08/02/2006 +1 days 🔍
08/02/2006 +0 days 🔍
08/02/2006 +0 days 🔍
08/02/2006 +0 days 🔍
08/06/2006 +3 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3140 days 🔍
11/24/2024 +3545 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman (iDefense)
Organization: Mozilla Corporation
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3498 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3498
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31613
CERT: 🔍
X-Force: 28139
SecurityFocus: 19289 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21253 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27736 - Apple Mac OS X DHCP bootpd Request Processing Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 12439 - Apple Mac OS X Buffer Overflow via Crafted BOOTP Request, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-3101

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 11/24/2024 20:55
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (86), 06/23/2019 21:31 (4), 11/24/2024 20:55 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to know what is going to be exploited?

We predict KEV entries!