36972 : Apple Mac OS X Quartz Composer Crafted File Arbitrary Command Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-07-31

Description

A memory corruption flaw exists in Mac OS X. Quartz Composer fails to validate files resulting in a access to an uninitialized object pointer. With a specially crafted file, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Apple has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Apple Inc.	Mac OS X	10.4.3
		10.4.4
		10.4.1
		10.4.6
		10.4.8
		10.4.2
		10.4.5
		10.4.7
		10.4.9
		10.4
		10.4.10

References

CVE ID: 2007-2406 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 25159
Secunia Advisory ID: 26235
ISS X-Force ID: 35737
Related OSVDB ID: 36963 36964 36965 36966 36967 36968 36969 36970 36971 36973 36974 36975
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-2732
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
Mail List Post: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-08-03 | Disagree?

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