National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3749

Overview

The kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 does not reset the current Mach Thread Port or Thread Exception Port when executing a setuid program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by creating the port before launching the setuid program, then writing to the address space of the setuid process.

Impact

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-319A

Name: TA07-319A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html

External Source: XF

Name: macosx-mach-privilege-escalation(38466)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38466

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-3868

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868

External Source: BID

Name: 26444

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27643

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27643

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-11-14

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

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20071114 Apple Mac OS X Mach Port Inheritance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=630

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041