National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-0747

Overview

load_webdav in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.4.9 does not properly clean the environment when mounting a WebDAV filesystem, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting unspecified environment variables.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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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#474969

Name: VU#474969

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/474969

External Source: BID

Name: 23569

Type: Patch Information

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-1470

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

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-04-19

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017942

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017942

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 34871

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/34871

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24966

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