CVE-2005-2748 | BDVDB-2026-12907 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv7.pdf
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12005-10-25Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-17Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.