Apple Mac OS X Spotlight Insecure Temporary File Handling Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	36967
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2009-2840
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Nov 09 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 10 2009 05:06PM
Credit:	Apple
Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.7 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.6 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.3 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.2 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.5
Not Vulnerable:

Apple Mac OS X Spotlight Insecure Temporary File Handling Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X Spotlight handles temporary files in an insecure manner.

An attacker with local access may exploit this issue to overwrite files with the privileges of another local user.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 36956 (Apple Mac OS X 2009-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been assigned its own record to better document it.

Apple Mac OS X Spotlight Insecure Temporary File Handling Vulnerability

An attacker may use readily available commands to exploit this issue.

Apple Mac OS X Spotlight Insecure Temporary File Handling Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.


Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8

• Apple SecUpdSrvr2009-006.dmg
  For Mac OS X Server v10.5.8
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8

• Apple SecUpd2009-006.dmg
  For Mac OS X v10.5.8
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Spotlight Insecure Temporary File Handling Vulnerability

References:

• Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Homepage (Cisco)