National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2313

Overview

Apple Mac OS X before 10.5 uses weak permissions for the User Template directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by inserting a Trojan horse file into this directory.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: macos-usertemplate-code-execution(43496)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43496

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1981

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references

External Source: BID

Name: 30018

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30018

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020394

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020394

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30802

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30802

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-06-30

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html