20427 : Apple Mac OS X Finder File Permission Display Weakness
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
4	1049	over 7 years ago	over 2 years ago	2 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-10-28

Description

File and group permissions in Mac OS X are may be misleading. The problem is that the Finder application does not properly display the actual file and group permissions in the 'Get Info' window, which may allow a malicious user to hide the actual permissions.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Attack Type Unknown
Impact: Impact Unknown
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
OSVDB: Concern

Solution

Upgrade to version 10.4.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Apple Inc.	Mac OS X	10.4.2
Apple Inc.	Mac OS X Server	10.4.2

References

Security Tracker: 1015123
Secunia Advisory ID: 17368
CVE ID: 2005-2749 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 20428 20429 20430 20431
Keyword: APPLE-SA-2005-10-31
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-10/0386.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302763
Vendor URL: http://www.apple.com/

Tools & Filters

	20113
	3275

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-11-01 | Disagree?

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