The (1) Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool, (2) Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy, and (3) ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool programs in /Applications/Utilities/ in Mac OS X 10.4.8 have weak permissions (writable by admin group), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by modifying a program and then performing permissions repair via diskutil.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac_os_x | Apple | 10.4.8 (including) | 10.4.8 (including) |
References
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-15-01-2007.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/32700
- http://www.osvdb.org/32701
- http://www.osvdb.org/32702
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31530
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3136
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-15-01-2007.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/32700
- http://www.osvdb.org/32701
- http://www.osvdb.org/32702
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31530
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3136