CVE-2008-0055

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Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 creates world-writable directories while NSFileManager copies files recursively and

Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 creates world-writable directories while NSFileManager copies files recursively and only modifies the permissions afterward, which allows local users to modify copied files to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges.

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.00045

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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Affected Products & Versions

apple mac os xall versions

apple mac os x serverall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.2

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD18 Mar 2008 · 11:44 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlPatch

http://secunia.com/advisories/29420

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28343

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019649

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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.htmlUS Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41299

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