Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.4 Installer 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.
4.8$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.4 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Installer. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-0190. 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 up to 10.6.4 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Installer. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Install Helper in Installer in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 does not properly process an unspecified URL, which might allow remote attackers to track user logins by logging network traffic from an agent that was intended to send network traffic to an Apple server.

The weakness was disclosed 03/22/2011 by Aaron Sigel with vtty.com as HT4581 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-0190. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 52754 (Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.7 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 119064 (Apple Mac OS X v10.6.7 and Security Update 2011-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.6.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (66229), Tenable (52754), SecurityFocus (BID 47023†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-30684†). The entries VDB-4322, VDB-4428, VDB-55692 and VDB-55689 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Support

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 52754
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 902470
OpenVAS Name: Mac OS X v10.6.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (2011-001)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Exploit-DB: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.6.5

Timelineinfo

12/23/2010 🔍
03/21/2011 +88 days 🔍
03/21/2011 +0 days 🔍
03/22/2011 +1 days 🔍
03/22/2011 +0 days 🔍
03/28/2011 +6 days 🔍
03/20/2015 +1453 days 🔍
01/19/2025 +3593 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT4581
Researcher: Aaron Sigel
Organization: vtty.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2011-0190 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0190
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56927
X-Force: 66229
SecurityFocus: 47023 - Apple Mac OS X Install Helper Arbitrary Agent Installation Input Validation Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 30684 - Apple Mac OS X 10.6-10.6.6 Install Helper User Logins Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 01/19/2025 19:52
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (62), 03/20/2017 09:18 (10), 10/21/2021 09:21 (4), 10/21/2021 09:24 (2), 01/19/2025 19:52 (22)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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!