MacOS X Local Root Privilege Elevation Vulnerability

BID:8945

Info

MacOS X Local Root Privilege Elevation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8945
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2003-1011
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 31 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 12:56AM
Credit: This vulnerability was reported by Jason Storm <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.0
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.0.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.0.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.0.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.0
Not Vulnerable: Apple Mac OS X 10.3

Discussion

MacOS X Local Root Privilege Elevation Vulnerability

It has been reported that an attacker with a specific hardware configuration may be capable of gaining root privileges on MacOS X. The problem is said to occur when a user on a system with a USB keyboard, holds a specific key sequence down for an unspecified length. This is said to effectively crash the init process, and drop the user into a shell with root privileges.

Exploit / POC

MacOS X Local Root Privilege Elevation Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

MacOS X Local Root Privilege Elevation Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed in supported Mac OS X versions with Security Update 2003-12-19.


Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2

References

MacOS X Local Root Privilege Elevation Vulnerability

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