32700 : Apple Mac OS X Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool Permission Weakness diskutil Privilege Escalation
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about 1 year ago

Percent Complete

95%

Disclosure

Jan 15, 2007

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Jan 15, 2007

Solution

Unknown

Keywords

No Keywords

Description

Mac OS X contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered because Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool is setuid root, but writable by members of the Admin group. This flaw may lead to a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Available

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

Apple Computer, Inc.

Mac OS X

10.4.8

References

CVE ID: 2007-0345 (see also: NVD)
Milw0rm: 3136
ISS X-Force ID: 31530
Related OSVDB ID: 32702 32708
Other Advisory URL: http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-15-01-2007.html
Vendor URL: http://www.apple.com

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