PT-2006-2479 · Apple · Launchd+1

Kevin Finisterre · Published 2006-06-27 · Updated 2018-10-18 · CVE-2006-1471

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 Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4 up to 10.4.6

Description The issue is related to a format string vulnerability in the CF syslog function launchd. This vulnerability allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers that are not properly handled in a syslog call in the logging facility. It can be exploited by using a crafted plist file.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4 up to 10.4.6, update to a version later than 10.4.6 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-1471

Affected Products

Macos X

Launchd

References · 10

• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2566 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20877 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Jun/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1471 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016397 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/438699/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/18686 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/26933 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27479 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/18724 · Note