PT-2007-2195 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2007-04-24 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2007-0744

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 Apple Mac OS X versions 10.3.9 through 10.4.9

Description The issue concerns a problem with SMB in Apple Mac OS X where it does not properly clean the environment when executing commands. This allows local users to gain privileges by setting unspecified environment variables.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions 10.3.9 through 10.4.9, consider restricting the execution of commands through SMB to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, limit the setting of environment variables to necessary cases until a fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-0744

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 8

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/23569 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0744 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/34868 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 · Note