National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4687

Overview

The remote_cmds component in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 contains a symbolic link from the tftpboot private directory to the root directory, which allows tftpd users to escape the private directory and access arbitrary files.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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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: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-11-14

Type: Patch Information

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

External Source: XF

Name: macosx-remotecmds-unauth-access(38471)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38471

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-3868

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

External Source: BID

Name: 26444

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

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018950

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018950

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27643

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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