Application Enhancer (APE) ApplicationEnhancer binary privilege escalation
| ape-appenhancer-privilege-escalation (31349) |  High Risk |
Description:
Application Enhancer (APE) could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges, caused by insecure permissions on the ApplicationEnhancer binary and /Library/Frameworks directory. A local attacker could overwrite the ApplicationEnhancer binary to gain root privileges on the vulnerable system.
Platforms Affected:
- Unsanity, Application Enhancer (APE) 2.02
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- Application Enhancer (APE) Web site, [unsanity] Application Enhancer - Enhance the applications by loading modules at http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/ape.
- MOAB-08-01-2007, Application Enhancer (APE) Local Privilege Escalation at http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-08-01-2007.html.
- BID-21951: Application Enhancer Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-0162: Unsanity Application Enhancer (APE) 2.0.2 installs with insecure permissions for the (1) ApplicationEnhancer binary and the (2) /Library/Frameworks/ApplicationEnhancer.framework directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying or replacing the binary or library files.
- SA23649: Unsanity Application Enhancer Insecure Permissions
Reported:
Jan 08, 2007
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