Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6 authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-1803. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Time Machine in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.5 does not verify the unique identifier of its remote AFP volume, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by spoofing this volume.

The weakness was published 11/15/2010 with Apple as HT4435 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-1803. The attack may be initiated remotely. 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 50548 (Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.5 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 118728 (Apple Mac OS X 10.6.5 and Security Update 2010-007 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (50548), SecurityFocus (BID 44834†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024723†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28214†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4215, VDB-53765, VDB-53380 and VDB-53379. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 50548
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 802144
OpenVAS Name: Mac OS X v10.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (2010-007)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.6.0

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05/06/2010 🔍
11/10/2010 +188 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1584 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT4435
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-1803 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1803
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55445
SecurityFocus: 44834 - Apple Mac OS X Time Machine (CVE-2010-1803) Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1024723
Vulnerability Center: 28214 - Time Machine in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.5 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 04/09/2025 21:23
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (59), 03/09/2017 10:42 (9), 09/29/2021 03:07 (4), 09/29/2021 03:14 (1), 01/26/2025 01:34 (17), 04/09/2025 21:23 (1)
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