Apple Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware IPMI privilege escalation
| xserve-ipmi-privilege-escalation (34651) |  High Risk |
Description:
Apple Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware could allow a remote attacker with ipmitool privileges to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error in the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) implementation. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain administrative privileges on a vulnerable Intel-based Xserve system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 6 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 4.4 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Apply the Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware Update 1.0, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
References:
- Apple Web site: Apple security updates.
- Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware Update 1.0: About the security content of Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware Update 1.0.
- BID-24257: Apple Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware IPMI Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-2387: Apple Xserve Lights-Out Management before Firmware Update 1.0 on Intel hardware does not require a password for remote access to IPMI, which allows remote attackers to gain administrative access via unspecified requests with ipmitool.
- SA25499: Apple Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware IPMI Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1018181: Apple Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware IPMI Grants Administrative Access to Remote Users
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2014: Apple Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8
- Apple Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware
Reported:
May 31, 2007
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