Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2 Directory Services improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2. This affects an unknown function of the component Directory Services. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-0498. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Directory Services. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory Services in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 does not properly perform authorization during processing of record names, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 03/30/2010 with Apple as HT4077 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-0498 since 02/03/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45372 (Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.3 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117331 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2010-002 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (45372), SecurityFocus (BID 39256†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-32864†). Similar entries are available at VDB-48981, VDB-48626, VDB-48587 and VDB-48432. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 45372
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102039
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.6.0

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02/03/2010 🔍
03/29/2010 +54 days 🔍
03/30/2010 +1 days 🔍
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08/30/2011 +518 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1297 days 🔍
05/04/2026 +4064 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT4077
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0498 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0498
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52445
SecurityFocus: 39256 - Apple Mac OS X Directory Services Component Record Name Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 32864 - Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 Directory Services Local Privileges Escalation Vulnerability, High

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

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/04/2026 03:35
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (60), 03/30/2017 10:21 (11), 09/06/2021 08:59 (3), 02/02/2025 00:45 (16), 05/04/2026 03:35 (1)
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