PT-2005-1998 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2005-05-12 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-0974

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 A local privilege escalation issue exists due to a problem in the nfs mount call. This allows local users to gain privileges by providing crafted arguments.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions prior to 10.3.9, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0974

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 4

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Apr/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0974 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/713614 · Note