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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.2 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 3.6 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-Of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
No remedy available as of February 6, 2010.
References:
- Apple Mac OS X Web site: Apple - Mac OS X.
- MOAB-15-01-2007: Multiple Mac OS X Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities.
- 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
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8
Reported:
Jan 15, 2007
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