Description
Format string vulnerability in Apple Installer 2.1.5 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a (1) PKG, (2) DISTZ, or (3) MPKG package filename.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Apple Installer Package 2.1.5 - Filename Format String EDB-29532 · dos · Jan 27, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- macos-installer-format-string(31883) vdb-entry
- 24966 third-party-advisory
- 22272 vdb-entry
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
- TA07-109A third-party-advisory
- 32705 vdb-entry
- 1017940 vdb-entry
- APPLE-SA-2007-04-19 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2007-1470 vdb-entry
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-26-01-2007.html