National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-0467

Overview

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/.

Description

Successful exploitation requires that the attacker is already a part of the administrator group.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-072A

Name: TA07-072A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#363112

Name: VU#363112

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/363112

External Source: XF

Name: macos-crashreporterd-privilege-escalation(31888)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31888

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017751

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-0930

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/0930

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24479

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24479

External Source: MISC

Name: http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-28-01-2007.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-28-01-2007.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 32706

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/32706

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-03-13

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html