Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2up to 10.6.2 Certificates cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2up to 10.6.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Certificates. This manipulation causes cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0525. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2up to 10.6.2 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Certificates. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 does not properly enforce the key usage extension during processing of a keychain that specifies multiple certificates for an e-mail recipient, which might make it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a brute-force attack on a weakly encrypted e-mail message.

The weakness was released 03/30/2010 by Paul as HT4077 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0525 since 02/03/2010. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 39279†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26848†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-48981, VDB-48626, VDB-48587 and VDB-48432. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

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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08/19/2010 +142 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1673 days 🔍
02/02/2025 +3608 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT4077
Researcher: Paul
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0525 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0525
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52471
SecurityFocus: 39279 - Apple Mac OS X Mail Encryption Certificate Selection in Keychain Security Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 26848 - Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 Mail Key Usage May Allow Information Disclosure via Brute Force Attack, Medium

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

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/02/2025 01:30
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (61), 03/03/2017 08:10 (11), 09/06/2021 11:58 (3), 02/02/2025 01:30 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:799:103

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