Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-5855 - Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apple mac OS X 10.4.11/10.5.1

047910
CVSS 6.4 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
apple
CWE-287
nessus

Summary

Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.1, when an SMTP account has been set up using Account Assistant, can use plaintext authentication even when MD5 Challenge-Response authentication is available, which makes it easier for remote attackers to sniff account activity.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Authentication Abuse
    An attacker obtains unauthorized access to an application, service or device either through knowledge of the inherent weaknesses of an authentication mechanism, or by exploiting a flaw in the authentication scheme's implementation. In such an attack an authentication mechanism is functioning but a carefully controlled sequence of events causes the mechanism to grant access to the attacker. This attack may exploit assumptions made by the target's authentication procedures, such as assumptions regarding trust relationships or assumptions regarding the generation of secret values. This attack differs from Authentication Bypass attacks in that Authentication Abuse allows the attacker to be certified as a valid user through illegitimate means, while Authentication Bypass allows the user to access protected material without ever being certified as an authenticated user. This attack does not rely on prior sessions established by successfully authenticating users, as relied upon for the "Exploitation of Session Variables, Resource IDs and other Trusted Credentials" attack patterns.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Register Man in the Middle
    This attack utilizes a REST(REpresentational State Transfer)-style applications' trust in the system resources and environment to place man in the middle once SSL is terminated. Rest applications premise is that they leverage existing infrastructure to deliver web services functionality. An example of this is a Rest application that uses HTTP Get methods and receives a HTTP response with an XML document. These Rest style web services are deployed on existing infrastructure such as Apache and IIS web servers with no SOAP stack required. Unfortunately from a security standpoint, there frequently is no interoperable identity security mechanism deployed, so Rest developers often fall back to SSL to deliver security. In large data centers, SSL is typically terminated at the edge of the network - at the firewall, load balancer, or router. Once the SSL is terminated the HTTP request is in the clear (unless developers have hashed or encrypted the values, but this is rare). The attacker can utilize a sniffer such as Wireshark to snapshot the credentials, such as username and password that are passed in the clear once SSL is terminated. Once the attacker gathers these credentials, they can submit requests to the web service provider just as authorized user do. There is not typically an authentication on the client side, beyond what is passed in the request itself so once this is compromised, then this is generally sufficient to compromise the service's authentication scheme.
  • Man in the Middle Attack
    This type of attack targets the communication between two components (typically client and server). The attacker places himself in the communication channel between the two components. Whenever one component attempts to communicate with the other (data flow, authentication challenges, etc.), the data first goes to the attacker, who has the opportunity to observe or alter it, and it is then passed on to the other component as if it was never intercepted. This interposition is transparent leaving the two compromised components unaware of the potential corruption or leakage of their communications. The potential for Man-in-the-Middle attacks yields an implicit lack of trust in communication or identify between two components.

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOSX_SECUPD2007-009.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.4 that does not have Security Update 2007-009 applied. This update contains several security fixes for a large number of programs.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id29723
published2007-12-18
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29723
titleMac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-009)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(29723);
  script_version("1.27");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/14  1:59:35");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0024", "CVE-2007-1218", "CVE-2007-1659", "CVE-2007-1660", "CVE-2007-1661",
                "CVE-2007-1662", "CVE-2007-3798", "CVE-2007-3876", "CVE-2007-4131", "CVE-2007-4351",
                "CVE-2007-4572", "CVE-2007-4708", "CVE-2007-4709", "CVE-2007-4710", "CVE-2007-4766",
                "CVE-2007-4767", "CVE-2007-4768", "CVE-2007-4965", "CVE-2007-5116", "CVE-2007-5379",
                "CVE-2007-5380", "CVE-2007-5398", "CVE-2007-5476", "CVE-2007-5770", "CVE-2007-5847",
                "CVE-2007-5848", "CVE-2007-5849", "CVE-2007-5850", "CVE-2007-5851", "CVE-2007-5853",
                "CVE-2007-5854", "CVE-2007-5855", "CVE-2007-5856", "CVE-2007-5857", "CVE-2007-5858",
                "CVE-2007-5859", "CVE-2007-5860", "CVE-2007-5861", "CVE-2007-5863", "CVE-2007-6077",
                "CVE-2007-6165");
  script_bugtraq_id(17106, 22772, 24965, 25417, 25696, 26096, 26268, 26274, 26346,
                    26350, 26421, 26454, 26455, 26510, 26598, 26908, 26910, 26926);

  script_name(english:"Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-009)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the presence of Security Update 2007-009");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various
security issues.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.4 that does
not have Security Update 2007-009 applied. 

This update contains several security fixes for a large number of
programs.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/13649");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Install Security Update 2007-009.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/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:"metasploit_name", value:'Mail.app Image Attachment Command Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(16, 20, 22, 79, 119, 134, 189, 200, 264, 287, 310, 362, 399);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/03/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/10/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/12/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/MacOSX/packages", "Host/uname");
  exit(0);
}


uname = get_kb_item("Host/uname");
if ( ! uname ) exit(0);
if ( egrep(pattern:"Darwin.* (8\.[0-9]\.|8\.1[01]\.)", string:uname) )
{
  packages = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/packages");
  if ( ! packages ) exit(0);
  if (!egrep(pattern:"^SecUpd(Srvr)?(2007-009|200[89]-|20[1-9][0-9]-)", string:packages))
    security_hole(0);
}
else if ( egrep(pattern:"Darwin.* (9\.[01]\.)", string:uname) )
{
 packages = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/packages/boms");
 if ( ! packages ) exit(0);
 if ( !egrep(pattern:"^com\.apple\.pkg\.update\.security\.2007\.009\.bom", string:packages) )
	security_hole(0);
}

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionCVE-2007-4708 CVE-2007-4709 CVE-2007-4710 CVE-2007-5847 CVE-2007-5848 CVE-2007-5849 CVE-2007-5850 CVE-2007-5851 CVE-2007-5853 CVE-2007-5854 CVE-2007-5855 CVE-2007-5856 CVE-2007-5857 CVE-2007-5859 CVE-2007-5876 CVE-2007-5860 CVE-2007-5861 These issues affect Mac OS X and various applications, including Address Book, CFNetwork, ColorSync, CoreFoundation, CUPS, Desktop Services, iChat, IO Storage Family, Launch Services, Mail, Quick Look, Safari, Safari RSS, SMB, Software Update, Spin Tracer, Spotlight, tcpdump, and XQuery. Attackers may exploit these issues to execute arbitrary code, trigger denial-of-service conditions, escalate privileges, and potentially compromise vulnerable computers. Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 and prior versions are vulnerable to these issues. rPath rPath Linux 1 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.10 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.9 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.7 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.6 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.5 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.4 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.3 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.2 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.9 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.5 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 Apple Security Update 2007-009 (10.4.11 PPC) <a href=http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16521&amp;cat= target=_blank>http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16521&amp;cat=</a> 1&amp;platform=osx&amp;method=sa/SecUpd2007-009Univ.dmg Apple Security Update 2007-009 (10.4.11 Universal) <a href=http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16521&amp;cat= target=_blank>http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16521&amp;cat=</a> 1&amp;platform=osx&amp;method=sa/SecUpd2007-009Univ.dmg Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 Apple Security Update 2007-009 (10.4.11 PPC) <a href=http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16521&amp;cat= target=_blank>http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16521&amp;cat=</a> 1&amp;platform=osx&amp;method=sa/SecUpd2007-009Univ.dmg Apple Security Update 2007-009 (10.4.11 Universal) <a href=http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16521&amp;cat= target=_blank>http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16521&amp;cat=</a> 1&amp;platform=osx&amp;method=sa/SecUpd2007-009Univ.dmg Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1 Apple Security Update 2007-009 (10.5.1) <a href=http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16527&amp;cat= target=_blank>http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16527&amp;cat=</a> 1&amp;platform=osx&amp;method=sa/SecUpd2007-009.dmg Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 Apple Security Update 2007-009 (10.5.1) <a href=http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16527&amp;cat= target=_blank>http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=16527&amp;cat=</a> 1&amp;platform=osx&amp;method=sa/SecUpd2007-009.dmg
idSSV:2771
last seen2017-11-19
modified2008-01-06
published2008-01-06
reporterRoot
titleApple Mac OS X v10.5.1 2007-009 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities