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Apple Mac OS X ARDAgent Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA30776	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2008-06-23
Last Update:	2008-08-01
Popularity:	3,640 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Apple Macintosh OS X

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CVE reference:	CVE-2008-2830

Description: A vulnerability has been discovered in Mac OS X, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The problem is that "ARDAgent", which is owned by "root" and has the setuid bit set, can be invoked to execute shell commands via AppleScript (e.g. through "osascript"). This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is confirmed on Mac OS X 10.4 and is also reported in version 10.5. Solution: Apply Security Update 2008-005. Security Update 2008-005 Server (PPC): http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2008005serverppc.html Security Update 2008-005 Server (Intel): http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2008005serverintel.html Security Update 2008-005 (PPC): http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2008005ppc.html Security Update 2008-005 (Intel): http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2008005intel.html Security Update 2008-005 (Leopard): http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2008005leopard.html Provided and/or discovered by: Reported in the Macshadows.com forums and via Slashdot. Changelog: 2008-06-25: Added CVE reference. 2008-06-26: Added links to "Other References" section. 2008-08-01: Updated "Solution" section. Added vendor link to the "Original Advisory" section. Original Advisory: Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2647 http://www.macshadows.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8640 http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/18/1919224 Other References: http://www.macshadows.com/kb/index.php?title=ARDAgent_exploit http://www.macshadows.com/kb/index.ph....apple.SystemLoginItems.plist_Exploit

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