Apple Mac OS X input validation

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
7.0$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-7243. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X (Operating System) (the affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PHP before 5.3.4 accepts the \0 character in a pathname, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by placing a safe file extension after this character, as demonstrated by .php\0.jpg at the end of the argument to the file_exists function.

The bug was discovered 12/09/2010. The weakness was disclosed 03/22/2011 by Stefan Esser as HT4581 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-7243 since 12/09/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 35 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70389 (Scientific Linux Security Update : php53 on SL5.x i386/x86_64), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169006 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for php53 (SUSE-SU-2016:1638-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at support.apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. 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 Tenable (70389), SecurityFocus (BID 40173†), OSVDB (70606†), Secunia (SA43814†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28794†). The entries VDB-1062, VDB-67021, VDB-67051 and VDB-67052 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

License

Support

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 70389
Nessus Name: Scientific Linux Security Update : php53 on SL5.x i386/x86_64
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍
Nessus Port: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 68689
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: php5
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: support.apple.com

Timelineinfo

12/18/2006 🔍
05/14/2010 +1243 days 🔍
12/09/2010 +209 days 🔍
12/09/2010 +0 days 🔍
12/27/2010 +18 days 🔍
01/13/2011 +17 days 🔍
01/18/2011 +5 days 🔍
03/22/2011 +63 days 🔍
04/18/2011 +27 days 🔍
10/11/2013 +907 days 🔍
07/30/2019 +2118 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT4581
Researcher: Stefan Esser
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2006-7243 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-7243
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4322

OVAL: 🔍

SecurityFocus: 40173 - PHP 'ext/phar/stream.c' and 'ext/phar/dirstream.c' Multiple Format String Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 43814
OSVDB: 70606 - CVE-2006-7243 - PHP - Security Bypass Issue
Vulnerability Center: 28794 - PHP before 5.3.4 RC1 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability via a NULL Character in a Filename, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 04/18/2011 02:00
Updated: 07/30/2019 18:45
Changes: 04/18/2011 02:00 (83), 07/30/2019 18:45 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:122:103

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Are you interested in using VulDB?

Download the whitepaper to learn more about our service!