Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-4267 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Apple mac OS X

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
apple
CWE-119
nessus
NVD
Published: 2007-11-15
Updated: 2017-07-29

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Networking component in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted IOCTL request that adds an AppleTalk zone to a routing table. "By sending a maliciously crafted ioctl request to an AppleTalk socket, a local user may cause an unexpected system shutdown or arbitrary code execution with system privileges."

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
11

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOSX_10_4_11.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.4 which is older than version 10.4.11 or a version of Mac OS X 10.3 which does not have Security Update 2007-008 applied. This update contains several security fixes for the following programs : - Flash Player Plugin - AppleRAID - BIND - bzip2 - CFFTP - CFNetwork - CoreFoundation - CoreText - Kerberos - Kernel - remote_cmds - Networking - NFS - NSURL - Safari - SecurityAgent - WebCore - WebKit
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id28212
published2007-11-14
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28212
titleMac OS X < 10.4.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-008)

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionCVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2007-4267 Apple Mac OS X是苹果家族机器所使用的操作系统。 AppleTalk是Apple开发的一组网络协议。Mac OS X中负责向接口的路由表添加AppleTalk区的函数中存在栈溢出漏洞，本地攻击者可能利用此漏洞提升权限。 如果向AppleTalk套接字提交了恶意的ioctl请求的话，内核会使用用户提供的长度做为目标缓冲器的字节数，这可能会在内核中触发栈溢出，导致系统关闭或执行任意代码。 Apple Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.4.10 Apple MacOS X Server 10.4 - 10.4.10 临时解决方法： * 禁用AppleTalk： # appletalk -d 厂商补丁： Apple ----- 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复这个安全问题，请到厂商的主页下载： <a href="http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16036&amp;cat=1&amp;platform=osx&amp;method=sa/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.11Intel.dmg" target="_blank">http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16036&amp;cat=1&amp;platform=osx&amp;method=sa/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.11Intel.dmg</a> <a href="http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16051&amp;cat=1&amp;platform=osx&amp;method=sa/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.11PPC.dmg" target="_blank">http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16051&amp;cat=1&amp;platform=osx&amp;method=sa/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.11PPC.dmg</a>
idSSV:2428
last seen2017-11-19
modified2007-11-17
published2007-11-17
reporterRoot
titleApple Mac OS X AppleTalk套接字IOCTL内核本地栈溢出漏洞

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