CVE-2005-2748 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-10-25

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2749	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00101.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:59:48.568Z

Reserved: 2005-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2748

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-10-25T22:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2748

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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