Bugtraq: Re:[ Suresec Advisories ] - Mac OS X 10.4 - launchd local root vulnerability

From: Jonathan Weiss <jw_at_innerewut.de>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:30:29 +0200

> Securesec Security Advisory - #00003
> 09/06/05
>
> Apple Mac OS X 10.4 launchd race condition vulnerability
> Advisory: http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv3.pdf
>
> Description:
>
> A race condition vulnerability has been found in the temporary file
> creation done by the suid launchd program on Mac OSX 10.4.
> The for advisory for this can be downloaded from the Suresec website.
>
> Risk:
>
> Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in stolen
> ownership of any file on the system. Using this it is trivial to get
> a root shell.
>

Is this fixed by the security update issued by apple some days ago?

> Credit:
>
> The vulnerability was discovered by Neil Archibald and Ilja Van Sprundel
>
Jonathan

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Received on Jun 10 2005