Apple Mac OS X crashreporterd privilege escalation
| macos-crashreporterd-privilege-escalation (31888) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Apple Mac OS X could allow an authenticated local attacker in the admin users group to gain elevated privileges, caused by insecure permissions on the Logs/CrashReporter crashreporterd daemon folder. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges on the vulnerable system.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.1
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.10
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.11
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.2
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.3
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.4
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.5
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.6
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.7
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.8
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.10
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.2
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.3
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.4
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.5
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.6
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.7
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.8
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mac OS X (10.4.9 or later) or apply Apple Security Update 2007-003. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- Apple Mac OS X Web site, Apple - Mac OS X at http://www.apple.com/macosx/.
- Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003, About the security content of Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214.
- MOAB-28-01-2007, Apple crashdump Privilege Escalation Vulnerability at http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-28-01-2007.html.
- CVE-2007-0467: crashdump in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows local users in the admin group to modify arbitrary files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on application logs in /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/.
- OSVDB ID: 32706: Mac OS X crashdump Local Privilege Escalation
- SA24479: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1017751: Mac OS X Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Local Users Obtain Elevated Privileges and Deny Service
- US-CERT VU#363112: Apple CrashDump privilege escalation
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0930: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jan 28, 2007
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