CVE-2005-2748

The malloc function in the libSystem library in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting the MallocLogFile environment variable to the target file before running a setuid application.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-10-25

Last modified

2024-09-17

Affected products

• Mac Os X (Apple)
• Mac Os X Server (Apple)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
• http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
• http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv7.pdf