Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:11554

Info

Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11554
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0962
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 27 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 08:06AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to Andrew Nakhla.
Vulnerable: Apple Remote Desktop 2.1
Apple Remote Desktop 2.0
Not Vulnerable: Apple Remote Desktop 2.1

Discussion

Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A privilege escalation vulnerability affects Apple Remote Desktop Administrator. The issue is due to a design error that fails to activate applications with the correct privileges.

This issue may allow a local attacker to gain superuser privileges on the affected computer.

Exploit / POC

Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Apple has released an advisory (APPLE-SA-2004-10-27) and a fix to address this vulnerability.


Apple Remote Desktop 2.0

References

Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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