PT-2005-4905 · Apple · Macos X Server

Jason Self · Published 2005-12-14 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2005-4217

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X Server version 10.3.9

Description The issue is related to Perl in Apple Mac OS X Server, where it does not properly drop privileges when using the $< variable to set uid. This allows attackers to gain privileges.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X Server version 10.3.9, consider restricting the use of the $< variable in Perl scripts until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, review and modify Perl scripts to properly handle privilege dropping. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4217

Affected Products

Macos X Server

References · 12

• http://secunia.com/advisories/17922 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19064 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2869 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4217 · Security Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23561 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/21800 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16907 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15833 · Note