Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 Locking Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Locking. Performing a manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2009-0151. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Locking. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The screen saver in Dock in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 does not prevent four-finger Multi-Touch gestures, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass locking and "manage applications or use Expose" via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was released 08/05/2009 by Chris Evans with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-0151. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40502 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.8 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116547 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 and Security Update 2009-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2009-08-05-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52421), Tenable (40502), SecurityFocus (BID 35954†), OSVDB (56847†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23602†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3959, VDB-4017, VDB-4132 and VDB-41542. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 40502
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102036
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.5

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Chris Evans
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0151 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0151
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49281
X-Force: 52421
SecurityFocus: 35954 - Apple Mac OS X 2009-003 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 56847 - Apple Mac OS X Dock Screensaver Multi-Touch Gesture Unspecified Screen Locking Bypass
Vulnerability Center: 23602 - Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 Dock Screen Saver Multi-Touch Gestures Vulnerabilities, Low

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

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/13/2021 14:01
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (65), 02/15/2017 09:23 (10), 08/13/2021 13:55 (4), 08/13/2021 14:01 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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