Apple Mac OS X /Applications directory privilege escalation
| macos-applications-privilege-escalation (31530) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Apple Mac OS X could allow a local attacker in the admin group to gain elevated privileges, caused by insecure permissions on the /Applications directory. An attacker could overwrite binaries and use the diskutil tool to reset ownership and permissions to execute code with root privileges.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.8
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- Apple Mac OS X Web site, Apple - Mac OS X at http://www.apple.com/macosx/.
- MOAB-15-01-2007, Multiple Mac OS X Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities at http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-15-01-2007.html.
- CVE-2007-0345: The (1) Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool, (2) Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy, and (3) ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool programs in /Applications/Utilities/ in Mac OS X 10.4.8 have weak permissions (writable by admin group), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by modifying a program and then performing permissions repair via diskutil.
- OSVDB ID: 32700: Mac OS X Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool Permission Weakness diskutil Privilege Escalation
- OSVDB ID: 32701: Mac OS X Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy Permission Weakness diskutil Privilege Escalation
- OSVDB ID: 32702: Mac OS X ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool Permission Weakness diskutil Privilege Escalation
Reported:
Jan 15, 2007
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