CVE-2005-2748

Severity Score

2.1

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The malloc function in the libSystem library in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting the MallocLogFile environment variable to the target file before running a setuid application.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 2.1

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-08-30 CVE Reserved
2005-09-26 CVE Published
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
2024-10-01 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml	Government Resource
http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv7.pdf	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920	2008-09-05

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html	2008-09-05
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509	2008-09-05

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"				10.3.9 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.3.9"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.4.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.4.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.3.9 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.3.9"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.4.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.4.2"		-		Affected