National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-0117

Overview

DiskManagementTool in the DiskManagement.framework 92.29 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 does not properly validate Bill of Materials (BOM) files, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a BOM file under /Library/Receipts/, which triggers arbitrary file permission changes upon execution of a diskutil permission repair operation.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: BID

Name: 21899

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21899

External Source: MISC

Name: http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-05-01-2007.html

Hyperlink:http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-05-01-2007.html

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 31167

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/31167

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-0074

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/0074

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23653

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23653