Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-0996. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The Printing component in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 might save authentication credentials to disk when starting a job on an authenticated print queue, which might allow local users to obtain the credentials.

The bug was discovered 03/18/2008. The weakness was published 03/18/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0996 since 02/26/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31605 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-002)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

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 (41284), Tenable (31605), SecurityFocus (BID 28344†), OSVDB (43397†) and Secunia (SA29420†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3489, VDB-35080, VDB-35079 and VDB-38538. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31605
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-002)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0996 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0996
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41570
X-Force: 41284
SecurityFocus: 28344 - Apple Mac OS X Authenticated Print Queue Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 29420 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43397 - CVE-2008-0996 - Apple - Mac OS X - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019667
Vulnerability Center: 17975 - Apple Mac OS X Printing Component Vulnerability Allows Local Users to Obtain its Credentials, Low
Vupen: ADV-2008-0924

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

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/07/2019 14:35
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (74), 08/07/2019 14:35 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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