PT-2005-1996 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2005-05-12 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-0972

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions prior to 10.3.9

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the searchfs system call, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted parameters.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions prior to 10.3.9, update to a version later than 10.3.9 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0972

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0972 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Apr/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/185702 · Note