Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-0752. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The PPP daemon (pppd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 checks ownership of the stdin file descriptor to determine if the invoker has sufficient privileges, which allows local users to load arbitrary plugins and gain root privileges by bypassing this check.

The bug was discovered 01/08/2007. The weakness was disclosed 05/24/2007 by iDefense Labs with iDEFENSE Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-0752 since 02/05/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. 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. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 136 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25297 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-005)), 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 115560 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2007-005 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2007-05-24)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5387.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34503), Exploit-DB (3985), Tenable (25297), SecurityFocus (BID 24144†) and OSVDB (35144†). The entries VDB-26368, VDB-33639, VDB-33002 and VDB-32911 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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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: 25297
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-005)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: iDefense Labs
Organization: iDEFENSE Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0752 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0752
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36977
X-Force: 34503
SecurityFocus: 24144 - Apple Mac OS X 2007-005 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 25402
OSVDB: 35144 - Apple Mac OS X PPP Daemon (pppd) Local Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1018124
Vulnerability Center: 15220 - Apple Mac OS PPP Daemon Allows Local Privilege Escalation, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-1939

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

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 03/23/2025 06:45
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (85), 07/19/2019 18:21 (4), 03/23/2025 06:45 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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