30727 : Apple Mac OS X VPN Variable Cleaning Failure Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-11-14

Description

Mac OS X contains an unspecified flaw related to the VPN server that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code via unspecified environment variables. No further details have been provided.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Apple has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Apple Computer, Inc.
Watch-list
Mac OS X
Watch-list
10.3.x
10.4
10.4.1
10.4.2
10.4.3
10.4.4
10.4.5
10.4.6
10.4.7
10.4.8

References

Tools & Filters

23740

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-11-30 | Disagree?

Access_vector_0 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

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