Apple Mac OS X Cocktail administrative password information disclosure
| macosx-cocktail-password-obtain-information (20325) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Apple Mac OS X Cocktail could allow a remote or local attacker to obtain the administrative password. Cocktail fails to properly handle administrative privileges upon startup when prompting the user for the administrative password. A remote or local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the administrative password.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X Cocktail 3.5.4
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mac OS X Cocktail (3.6 or later), available from the Mac OS X Cocktail Download Web page. See References.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Apr 29 2005 - 13:48:15 CDT , Mac OS X Cocktail 3.5.4 admin password disclosure at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-04/0513.html.
- Mac OS X Cocktail Web page, Cocktail - Download at http://www.macosxcocktail.com/download.html.
- BID-13449: Cocktail Admin Password Disclosure Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-1387: Cocktail 3.5.4 and possibly earlier in Mac OS X passes the administrative password on the command line to sudo in cleartext, which allows local users to gain sensitive information by running listing processes.
- OSVDB ID: 16046: Cocktail Process List Administrator Password Disclosure
- SA15201: Cocktail Exposure of Administrator Password
Reported:
Apr 29, 2005
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