CVE-2005-2714 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

68%

Complexity

31%

Confidentiality

165%

passwd in Directory Services in Mac OS X 10.3.x before 10.3.9 and 10.4.x before 10.4.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .pwtmp.[PID] temporary file.

passwd in Directory Services in Mac OS X 10.3.x before 10.3.9 and 10.4.x before 10.4.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .pwtmp.[PID] temporary file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Apple Mac OS X

First reported 19 years ago

2005-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-19 15:33:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.3

10.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1

10.3.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2

10.3.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3

10.3.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4

10.3.4

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5

10.3.5

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.6

10.3.6

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.7

10.3.7

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.8

10.3.8

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9

10.3.9

Apple Mac OS X 10.4

10.4

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1

10.4.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2

10.4.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3

10.4.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.4

10.4.4

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.5

10.4.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3

10.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1

10.3.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2

10.3.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.3

10.3.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4

10.3.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5

10.3.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.6

10.3.6

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.7

10.3.7

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.8

10.3.8

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9

10.3.9

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4

10.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1

10.4.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.2

10.4.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.3

10.4.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.4

10.4.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.5

10.4.5

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382

APPLE-SA-2006-03-01

Patch, Vendor Advisory

19064

Patch, Vendor Advisory

20060302 Apple Mac OS X passwd Arbitrary Binary File Creation/Modification

Patch, Vendor Advisory

23647

20060302 [OSX]: /usr/bin/passwd local root exploit.

16907

Patch, Vendor Advisory

16910

Exploit, Patch

TA06-062A

US Government Resource

ADV-2006-0791

Vendor Advisory

macosx-passwd-symlink(25274)

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