CVE-2005-2748

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509Vendor Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtmlUS Government Resource
http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv7.pdf
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509Vendor Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtmlUS Government Resource
http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv7.pdf

Timeline

Published: Oct 25, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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