CVE-2007-0752 (GCVE-0-2007-0752)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-05-24 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 12:26
VLAI?
Summary
The PPP daemon (pppd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 checks ownership of the stdin file descriptor to determine if the invoker has sufficient privileges, which allows local users to load arbitrary plugins and gain root privileges by bypassing this check.
Severity ?
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CWE
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Assigner
References
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018124 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24144 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.osvdb.org/35144 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
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