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CVE-2005-2714

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.

Published

2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.1

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.8	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.9	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.8	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.9	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.5	Yes

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=400 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/23647 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426535/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16910 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25274 ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=400 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/23647 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426535/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16910 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25274 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)