CVE-2005-2748

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Published Oct 25, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	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:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2749	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.343% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv7.pdf

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:59 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 25, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:59 AM
Reserved: Aug 30, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:15 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 25, 2005, 10:06 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:15 PM

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