Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.10 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.10. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-1572. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.10 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Image Capture in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5 does not properly use temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, and display images that are being resized by this application.

The bug was discovered 05/28/2008. The weakness was shared 06/02/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-1572 since 03/31/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32477 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.3 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 115812 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.3 and Security Update 2008-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2008-05-28)).

Upgrading to version 10.4.11 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42719), Tenable (32477), SecurityFocus (BID 29521†), OSVDB (45706†) and Secunia (SA30430†). The entries VDB-37528, VDB-39128, VDB-39127 and VDB-38768 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 32477
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102031
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.4.11

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03/31/2008 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1572 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1572
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42594
X-Force: 42719
SecurityFocus: 29521 - Apple Mac OS X Image Capture Local Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Secunia: 30430
OSVDB: 45706 - Apple - Mac OS X - Image Capture Local Arbitrary File Overwrite Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020141
Vulnerability Center: 18530 - Apple Mac OS X < 10.5 Image Capture Allows Local Files Overwrite, Low
Vupen: ADV-2008-1697

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

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 06/29/2025 03:32
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (70), 08/11/2019 09:22 (11), 06/29/2025 03:32 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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