CVE-2005-2748

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

25/10/2005

Last modified:

03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

2.10

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
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:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
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:::::::*

CVE-2005-2748

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools