Description
The CFUserNotificationSendRequest function in UserNotificationCenter.app in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, when used in combination with diskutil, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious InputManager in Library/InputManagers in a user's home directory, which is executed when Cocoa applications attempt to notify the user.
Public exploits
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Exploit-DB 1
- Apple Mac OSX 10.4.8 - 'UserNotificationCenter' Local Privilege Escalation EDB-3181 · local · Jan 23, 2007 · verified
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References
- 32695 vdb-entry
- APPLE-SA-2007-02-15 vendor-advisory
- TA07-047A third-party-advisory
- 24198 third-party-advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305102
- macos-inputmanager-privilege-escalation(31676) vdb-entry
- 1017542 vdb-entry
- VU#315856 third-party-advisory
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-22-01-2007.html
- 23846 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2007-0074 vdb-entry
- 22188 vdb-entry