Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.1 www.apple.com information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file www.apple.com. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-0041. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.1 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file www.apple.com. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Parental Controls in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.1 contacts www.apple.com "when a website is unblocked," which allows remote attackers to determine when a system is running Parental Controls.

The bug was discovered 02/11/2008. The weakness was released 02/12/2008 by FiSh with Sun Microsystems (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0041 since 01/03/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 30255 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 115711 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 and Security Update 2008-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2008-2-11)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40444), Tenable (30255), SecurityFocus (BID 27736†), OSVDB (41504†) and Secunia (SA28891†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2864, VDB-3360, VDB-40977 and VDB-40975. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 30255
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102029
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: FiSh
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0041 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0041
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40976
X-Force: 40444
SecurityFocus: 27736 - Apple Mac OS X v10.5.2 2008-001 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28891
OSVDB: 41504 - CVE-2008-0041 - Apple - Mac OS X - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019363
Vulnerability Center: 17631 - Apple Mac OS X Parental Controls Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Disclose Information, Low
Vupen: ADV-2008-0495

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 07/31/2021 07:36
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (72), 08/05/2019 07:46 (14), 07/31/2021 07:36 (3)
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