CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
57.9%
The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.4.x that is prior to 10.4.6.
Mac OS X 10.4.6 contains a security fix for a local authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious local user may exploit this vulnerability to bypass the firmware password and gain access to Single User mode.
This vulnerability only affects intel-based Macintoshes.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
if ( ! defined_func("bn_random") ) exit(0);
include("compat.inc");
if(description)
{
script_id(21175);
script_version("1.20");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0401");
script_bugtraq_id(17364);
script_name(english:"Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.6 Firmware Unspecified Password Bypass");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update which fixes a security
issue." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.4.x that is prior
to 10.4.6.
Mac OS X 10.4.6 contains a security fix for a local authentication
bypass vulnerability. A malicious local user may exploit this
vulnerability to bypass the firmware password and gain access to
Single User mode.
This vulnerability only affects intel-based Macintoshes." );
# http://web.archive.org/web/20080214202443/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303567
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?271eb297" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.4.6 :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1046forintel.html" );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2006/04/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2006/04/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value: "2006/04/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/05/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4");
script_end_attributes();
script_summary(english:"Check for the version of Mac OS X");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2024 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl","mdns.nasl", "ntp_open.nasl");
#script_require_keys("Host/MacOSX/packages");
exit(0);
}
#
os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version");
if ( ! os ) os = get_kb_item("mDNS/os");
if ( ! os ) exit(0);
uname = get_kb_item("Host/uname");
if ( uname )
{
if ("i386" >!< uname ) exit(0);
}
else
{
ntp = get_kb_item("Host/processor/ntp");
if ( ! ntp|| "i386" >!< ntp ) exit(0);
}
if ( ereg(pattern:"Mac OS X 10\.4($|\.[1-5]([^0-9]|$))", string:os)) security_warning(0);