Apple Mac OS X 10.4 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple Mac OS X 10.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-2830. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Open Scripting Architecture in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4, and some other 10.4 and 10.5 versions, does not properly restrict the loading of scripting addition plugins, which allows local users to gain privileges via scripting addition commands to a privileged application, as originally demonstrated by an osascript tell command to ARDAgent.

The bug was discovered 06/18/2008. The weakness was shared 06/23/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-2830 since 06/23/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33790 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-005)), 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 115838 (Apple Mac OS X ARDAgent Shell Local Privilege Escalation).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43294), Exploit-DB (31940), Tenable (33790), SecurityFocus (BID 29831†) and OSVDB (46490†). The entries VDB-3693, VDB-3694, VDB-43515 and VDB-43514 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 33790
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-005)
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OpenVAS ID: 102024
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-2830 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2830
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42879
X-Force: 43294
SecurityFocus: 29831 - Apple Mac OS X AppleScript ARDAgent Shell Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 30776
OSVDB: 46490 - Apple - Mac OS X - AppleScript ARDAgent Shell Local Privilege Escalation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020345
Vulnerability Center: 18687 - ARDAgent in Apple Mac OS X Allows Local Users to Execute Commands with Root Privileges, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1905

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 05/27/2025 02:59
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (71), 08/12/2019 08:52 (12), 02/21/2025 18:42 (20), 05/27/2025 02:59 (2)
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