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[Full-disclosure] Re:[ Suresec Advisories ] - Mac OS X 10.4 - launchd lo

from [Jonathan Weiss] Network Security [Permanent Link]
Subject: [Full-disclosure] Re:[ Suresec Advisories ] - Mac OS X 10.4 - launchd local root vulnerability
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:30:29 +0200 
Securesec Security Advisory  - #00003
09/06/05

Apple Mac OS X 10.4 launchd race condition vulnerability
Advisory: http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv3.pdf

Description:

A race condition vulnerability has been found in the temporary file
creation done by the suid launchd  program on Mac OSX 10.4.
The for advisory for this can be downloaded from the Suresec website.

Risk:

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in stolen
ownership of any file on the system. Using this it is trivial to get
a root shell.




Is this fixed by the security update issued by apple some days ago?


Credit:

The vulnerability was discovered by Neil Archibald and Ilja Van Sprundel


Jonathan

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Jonathan Weiss
jw@innerewut.de
http://blog.innerewut.de


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