PT-2008-1715 · Apple · File Manager+1

Published 2008-03-18 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-0055

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 version 10.4.11

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges by modifying copied files. This occurs because world-writable directories are created while NSFileManager copies files recursively, and permissions are only modified afterward.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X version 10.4.11, consider restricting access to the NSFileManager functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the recursive file copy feature in NSFileManager until a patch is available.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0055

Affected Products

Macos X

File Manager

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0055 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28343 · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 · Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019649 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28304 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41299 · Note