PT-2003-1932 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2003-10-30 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2003-0877

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions prior to 10.3

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and read core files via a symlink attack on core files that are created with predictable names in the /cores directory.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions prior to 10.3, update to version 10.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling core files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0877

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 5

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/8914 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0877 · Security Note
• http://atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a102803-1.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13542 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/8917 · Note