CVE-2013-3949

Published Jun 5, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The posix_spawn system call in the XNU kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.8.x does not prevent use of the _POSIX_SPAWN_DISABLE_ASLR and _POSIX_SPAWN_ALLOW_DATA_EXEC flags for setuid and setgid programs, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a wrapper program that calls the posix_spawnattr_setflags function.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-3881 The posix_spawn system call in the XNU kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.8.x does not prevent use of the _POSIX_SPAWN_DISABLE_ASLR and _POSIX_SPAWN_ALLOW_DATA_EXEC flags for setuid and setgid programs, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a wrapper program that calls the posix_spawnattr_setflags function.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 11:45 PM
Reserved
Jun 5, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 5, 2013, 2:39 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:56 PM