PT-2007-5842 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2007-11-15 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-4684

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4 through 10.4.10

Description: The issue is related to an integer overflow in the kernel, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by providing a large num sels argument to the i386 set ldt system call.

Recommendations: For Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4 through 10.4.10, update to a version later than 10.4.10 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4684

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 13

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/4624 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4684 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 · Vendor Advisory
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38468 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26444 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/483793/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018950 · Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058522.html · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 · Note
• http://risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2007004 · Note