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VAR-200305-0066

Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-04-03 22:36

DirectoryServices in MacOS X trusts the PATH environment variable to locate and execute the touch command, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the PATH to point to a directory containing a malicious touch program. Apple MacOS X DirectoryService is prone to an issue which may allow local attackers to gain elevated privileges. This issue is due to usage of libc system() function to execute commands. Attackers may potentially set a PATH environment variable that causes an arbitrary file to be executed with elevated. Exploitation may require the attacker to abuse other known issues (BID 7323) to crash the service. DirectoryServices is the MacOS X information and authentication subsystem, which is started during the startup phase and installed with the default setuid root attribute. To exploit this vulnerability, you must first stop the DirectoryServices service, which can be done by repeatedly connecting to port 625

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CVE-2003-0171 (GCVE-0-2003-0171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-04-15 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:43

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2193 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ATSTAKE
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2003-04-10 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Vulnerability timeline

Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

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How durations are calculated

Following the VTEM framework (Black Hat USA 2015), time to patch starts when the vendor or a coordinator was informed, total time to patch at discovery, and disclosure to patch at public disclosure; vendor response time runs from the report to its acknowledgement. Time to exploit and time unpatched start at the earliest discovery or report, falling back to public disclosure. Unpatched time ends at the first recorded patch, or the calculation time when no patch is recorded. Exploitation to patch shows the interval between those two events; a published proof of concept is a public exploit, not exploitation.

Each result shows its source dates. A negative interval means the end event came first; when date-only inputs leave the order open, the result says so. Date-only inputs are approximate. The earliest evidence wins: KEV report dates and sightings are labelled as such. Records describing another vulnerability are listed but never calculated from, and a PoC alone does not establish exploitation. Missing patch evidence does not prove that no patch exists. Filters below change the event list only.

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