CVE - CVE-2007-0752

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-0752	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2007-05-24 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html BID:24144 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24144 CONFIRM:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 IDEFENSE:20070524 Apple Computer Mac OS X pppd Plugin Loading Privilege Escalation Vulnerability URL:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=537 OSVDB:35144 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/35144~~ (Obsolete source) SECTRACK:1018124 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018124 SECUNIA:25402 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 VUPEN:ADV-2007-1939 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939~~ (Obsolete source) XF:macos-pppd-privilege-escalation(34503) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34503
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070205	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 (20070205)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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