CVE-2005-2748

The malloc function in the libSystem library in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting the MallocLogFile environment variable to the target file before running a setuid application.

CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509	Vendor Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml	US Government Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv7.pdf

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.2:::::::*

Information

Published : 2005-10-25 15:06

Updated : 2008-09-05 13:52

NVD link : CVE-2005-2748

Mitre link : CVE-2005-2748

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x
mac_os_x_server

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