CVE-2009-0141

XTerm in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6, when used with luit, creates tty devices with insecure world-writable permissions, which allows local users to write to the Xterm of another user.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937	Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021729.html	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33798	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422	Permissions Required
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48727	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.6:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2009-02-13 00:30

Updated : 2024-01-25 21:31

NVD link : CVE-2009-0141

Mitre link : CVE-2009-0141

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-0141

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x
mac_os_x_server

CWE

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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