Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.4 NFS Logging privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.4. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component NFS Logging. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0513. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.4 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component NFS Logging. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Mac OS X before 10.3.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to "logging when tracing system calls."

The bug was discovered 05/29/2004. The weakness was disclosed 05/30/2004 by David Brown with vtty.com (Website). The advisory is shared at docs.info.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0513 since 06/01/2004. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12257 (Mac OS X < 10.3.4 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 and running in the context c.

Upgrading to version 10.3.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16291), Tenable (12257), SecurityFocus (BID 10432†), OSVDB (8434†) and Secunia (SA11724†). docs.info.apple.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-75, VDB-300, VDB-526 and VDB-543 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 12257
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.3.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.3.4
Patch: apple.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: David Brown
Organization: vtty.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0513 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0513
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-677
X-Force: 16291 - Apple Mac OS X NFS logging, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 10432 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11724 - Mac OS X Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 8434 - Apple Mac OS X Logging and Tracing System Calls Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1010329
Vulnerability Center: 14613 - Mac OS X Unspecified Logging When Tracing System Calls Vulnerability, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 06/01/2004 14:16
Updated: 06/28/2019 14:59
Changes: 06/01/2004 14:16 (94), 06/28/2019 14:59 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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