RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X Apple Type Services 'CFF' Font Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

BID:44984

Info

RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X Apple Type Services 'CFF' Font Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 44984
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2010-4010
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 12 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 19 2010 06:36PM
Credit: Matias Eissler and Anibal Sacco of Core Security Technologies
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 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
Apple Mac OS X 10.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X Apple Type Services 'CFF' Font Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability affecting the Apple Type Services (ATS) component.

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user into viewing a document containing malicious fonts. A successful exploit will result in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application.

This issue affects Mac OS X v10.5.8 and Mac OS X Server v10.5.8.

This BID is being retired as a duplicate of BID 44729 (Apple Mac OS X ATSServer CFF 'CharStrings' Index Sign Mismatch Remote Code Execution Vulnerability).

Exploit / POC

RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X Apple Type Services 'CFF' Font Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X Apple Type Services 'CFF' Font Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and fixes. Please see the references for details.


Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8

References

RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X Apple Type Services 'CFF' Font Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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