Format string vulnerability in Screen Sharing Server in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 and Apple Remote Desktop before 3.5.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a VNC username.
Weakness
The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple_remote_desktop | Apple | * | 3.5.3 (including) |
| Apple_remote_desktop | Apple | 3.0.0 (including) | 3.0.0 (including) |
| Apple_remote_desktop | Apple | 3.1 (including) | 3.1 (including) |
| Apple_remote_desktop | Apple | 3.2 (including) | 3.2 (including) |
| Apple_remote_desktop | Apple | 3.2.1 (including) | 3.2.1 (including) |
| Apple_remote_desktop | Apple | 3.2.2 (including) | 3.2.2 (including) |
| Apple_remote_desktop | Apple | 3.3 (including) | 3.3 (including) |
| Apple_remote_desktop | Apple | 3.3.1 (including) | 3.3.1 (including) |
| Apple_remote_desktop | Apple | 3.3.2 (including) | 3.3.2 (including) |
| Apple_remote_desktop | Apple | 3.4 (including) | 3.4 (including) |
| Apple_remote_desktop | Apple | 3.5 (including) | 3.5 (including) |
| Apple_remote_desktop | Apple | 3.5.1 (including) | 3.5.1 (including) |
| Apple_remote_desktop | Apple | 3.5.2 (including) | 3.5.2 (including) |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00007.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00008.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00007.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00008.html