ID CVE-2008-0055
Summary Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 creates world-writable directories while NSFileManager copies files recursively and only modifies the permissions afterward, which allows local users to modify copied files to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 7.2 (as of 08-08-2017 - 01:29)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-362
CAPEC
  • Leveraging Race Conditions
    The adversary targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently, and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The adversary can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance, a race condition can occur while accessing a file: the adversary can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
  • Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. A typical example is file access. The adversary can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that they would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the adversary could replace or modify the file, causing the application to behave unexpectedly.
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
LOCAL LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE
cvss-vector via4 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
refmap via4
apple APPLE-SA-2008-03-18
bid
  • 28304
  • 28343
cert TA08-079A
confirm http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
sectrack 1019649
secunia 29420
vupen ADV-2008-0924
xf macos-nsfilemanager-priv-escalation(41299)
Last major update 08-08-2017 - 01:29
Published 18-03-2008 - 23:44
Last modified 08-08-2017 - 01:29
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