Apple Mac OS X Apple Remote Desktop Agent (ARDAgent) command execution
| macosx-ardagent-command-execution (43294) |  High Risk |
Description:
Apple Mac OS X could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a weakness in the Apple Remote Desktop Agent (ARDAgent). By sending a specially-crafted AppleScript request to the ARDAgent via osascript, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7.2 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 6.3 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Apply Apply Security Update 2008-005, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
References:
- Apple Web site: Apple - Mac OS X.
- Slashdot Blog, Wednesday June 18, @04:39PM: Mac OS X Root Escalation Through AppleScript.
- BID-29831: Apple Mac OS X AppleScript ARDAgent Shell Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-2830: Open Scripting Architecture in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4, and some other 10.4 and 10.5 versions, does not properly restrict the loading of scripting addition plugins, which allows local users to gain privileges via scripting addition commands to a privileged application, as originally demonstrated by an osascript tell command to ARDAgent.
- SA30776: Apple Mac OS X ARDAgent Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1020345: Mac OS X Apple Remote Desktop Agent Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-1905: Apple Mac OS X ARDAgent Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Mac OS X 10.4
- Apple Mac OS X 10.5
Reported:
Jun 18, 2008
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