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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-0729

Original release date:04/24/2007

Last revised:09/05/2008

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Apple File Protocol (AFP) Client in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.4.9 does not properly clean the environment before executing commands, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting unspecified environment variables.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:7.2 (HIGH) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-109A

Name: TA07-109A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#312424

Name: VU#312424

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312424

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-1470

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/1470

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017944

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017944

External Source: BID

Name: 23569

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23569

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 34858

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/34858

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24966

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24966

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-04-19

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.3

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.4

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.1

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.2

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.3

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.4

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.5

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.1

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.2

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.3

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.4

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.5

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.6

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.7

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.8

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.1

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.2

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.3

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.4

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.5

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.6

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.7

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.8

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.1

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.3

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.4

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.5

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.6

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.7

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.9

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_preview.app:3.0.8

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.1

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.2

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.3

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.4

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.5

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.1

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.2

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.3

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.4

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.5

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.6

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.7

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.8

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.9

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.1

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.2

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.3

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.4

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.5

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.6

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.7

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.8

* cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.9

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)

CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0729