CVE-2003-0171

Apple Mac OSX 10.2.4 - DirectoryService 'PATH' Local Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

DirectoryServices in MacOS X trusts the PATH environment variable to locate and execute the touch command, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the PATH to point to a directory containing a malicious touch program.

DirectoryServices en MacOS X se fia de la variable de entorno PATH para localizar y ejecutar el comando touch, lo que permite a usurarios locales ejecutar comandos arbitrarios modificando PATH para que apunte a un directorio que contenga un programa 'touch' malicioso.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.2

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2003-03-28 CVE Reserved
2003-04-15 CVE Published
2003-04-18 First Exploit
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15	2003-04-18

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a041003-1.txt	2008-09-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.0.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.0.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.0.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.0.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.0.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.0.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.0.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.0.4"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.1.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.1.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.1.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.1.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.1.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.1.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.1.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.1.4"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.1.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.1.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.2.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.2.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.2.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.2.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.2.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.2.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.2.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.2.4"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.2.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.2.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.2.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.2.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.2.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.2.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.2.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.2.4"		-		Affected