Info

Disclosure

Jan 21, 2007

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Jan 21, 2007

Solution

Unknown

Description

Mac OS X contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered when 'writeconfig' fails to sanitize the PATH environment variable, allowing an attacker to direct the utility to point to a malicious launchctl executable. This flaw may lead to a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

Apple Computer, Inc.

Mac OS X

10.4.8

References

Security Tracker: 1017941
CVE ID: 2007-0022 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 22148
Secunia Advisory ID: 23793 24966
SCIP VulDB ID: 2870
ISS X-Force ID: 31677
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-0074 ADV-2007-1470
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305445
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
Other Advisory URL: http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-21-01-2007.html

Credit

Kevin Finisterre - kfdigitalmunition.com -

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/31605