Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-1471 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in Apple mac OS X and mac OS X Server

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
apple
CWE-134
nessus
NVD
Published: 2006-06-27
Updated: 2018-10-18

Summary

Format string vulnerability in the CF_syslog function launchd in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.6 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers that are not properly handled in a syslog call in the logging facility, as demonstrated by using a crafted plist file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
14

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Format String Injection
    An attacker includes formatting characters in a string input field on the target application. Most applications assume that users will provide static text and may respond unpredictably to the presence of formatting character. For example, in certain functions of the C programming languages such as printf, the formatting character %s will print the contents of a memory location expecting this location to identify a string and the formatting character %n prints the number of DWORD written in the memory. An attacker can use this to read or write to memory locations or files, or simply to manipulate the value of the resulting text in unexpected ways. Reading or writing memory may result in program crashes and writing memory could result in the execution of arbitrary code if the attacker can write to the program stack.
  • String Format Overflow in syslog()
    This attack targets the format string vulnerabilities in the syslog() function. An attacker would typically inject malicious input in the format string parameter of the syslog function. This is a common problem, and many public vulnerabilities and associated exploits have been posted.

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOSX_10_4_7.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.4.x that is prior to 10.4.7. Mac OS X 10.4.7 contains several security fixes for the following programs : - AFP server - ImageIO - launched - OpenLDAP
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id21763
published2006-06-28
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/21763
titleMac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

if ( ! defined_func("bn_random") ) exit(0);


include("compat.inc");

if(description)
{
 script_id(21763);
 script_version ("1.22");
 script_cve_id(
   "CVE-2006-1468", 
   "CVE-2006-1469", 
   "CVE-2006-1470", 
   "CVE-2006-1471", 
   "CVE-2006-1989"
 );
 script_bugtraq_id(18686, 18724, 18728, 18731, 18733);

 script_name(english:"Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
 
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update which fixes a security
issue." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.4.x that is prior
to 10.4.7.

Mac OS X 10.4.7 contains several security fixes for the following 
programs :

 - AFP server
 - ImageIO
 - launched
 - OpenLDAP" );
 # http://web.archive.org/web/20070919094538/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303973
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?89e8bd42" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Jun/msg00000.html" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.4.7 :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxupdate1047intel.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxupdate1047ppc.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxserverupdate1047.html" );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2006/06/28");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2006/05/01");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value: "2006/06/27");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/14  1:59:35");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x");
script_end_attributes();

 script_summary(english:"Check for the version of Mac OS X");
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
 script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl","mdns.nasl", "ntp_open.nasl");
 #script_require_keys("Host/MacOSX/packages");
 exit(0);
}


os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version");
if ( ! os ) os = get_kb_item("mDNS/os");
if ( ! os ) exit(0);
if ( ereg(pattern:"Mac OS X 10\.4($|\.[1-6]([^0-9]|$))", string:os)) security_hole(0);

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