Unscored CVE-2008-2324 EUVD-2008-2320GHSA-mrc9-qx9x-77gq

The Repair Permissions tool in Disk Utility in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 adds the setuid bit to the emacs executable file, which allows local …

Published Aug 4, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The Repair Permissions tool in Disk Utility in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 adds the setuid bit to the emacs executable file, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing commands within emacs.

References

APPLE-SA-2008-07-31 vendor-advisory
ADV-2008-2268 vdb-entry
30492 vdb-entry
31326 third-party-advisory
macosx-diskutility-privilege-escalation(44132) vdb-entry
1020605 vdb-entry
30483 vdb-entry