CVE - CVE-2005-2748

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-2748	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2005-09-22 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html AUSCERT:ESB-2005.0732 URL:http://www.auscert.org.au/5509 CIAC:P-312 URL:http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml MISC:http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv7.pdf SECUNIA:16920 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20050830	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20050830)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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