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Mac OS X Finder Insecure File Creation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14188
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Release Date:
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2005-02-08
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Last Update:
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2005-05-04
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Popularity:
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13,658 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Apple Macintosh OS X
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0342
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Description:
vade79 has discovered a vulnerability in Finder, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to ".DS_Store" files being created insecurely. This can be exploited via a malicious hard link to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Finder.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in Finder version 10.3.2 on Mac OS X version 10.3.7. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Apply Security Update 2005-005.
Provided and/or discovered by:
vade79
Changelog:
2005-02-14: Added CVE reference.
2005-05-04: Updated "Solution" section.
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