CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
60.7%
Apple Mac OS X is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.810985");
script_version("2024-02-16T14:37:06+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-2533");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-16 14:37:06 +0000 (Fri, 16 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-10-25 01:29:00 +0000 (Wed, 25 Oct 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-05-16 15:41:39 +0530 (Tue, 16 May 2017)");
script_name("Apple Mac OS X Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (HT207797)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apple Mac OS X is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to poor filesystem
restrictions");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker
to gain system privileges.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apple Mac OS X versions 10.11.x through
10.11.6 and 10.12.x through 10.12.4");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"For Apple Mac OS X version 10.12.x before
10.12.4 update to 10.12.5 and for versions 10.11.x through 10.11.6 apply the
appropriate security patch described in the references.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207797");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Mac OS X Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/osx_name", "ssh/login/osx_version", re:"ssh/login/osx_version=^10\.1[12]");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
osName = get_kb_item("ssh/login/osx_name");
if(!osName)
exit(0);
osVer = get_kb_item("ssh/login/osx_version");
if(!osVer || osVer !~ "^10\.1[12]" || "Mac OS X" >!< osName){
exit(0);
}
## 10.11.6 before build 15G1510 is vulnerable
## if 10.11.5 or less is running, update to 10.11.6 then apply patch
if(osVer =~ "^10\.11")
{
if(version_in_range(version:osVer, test_version:"10.11", test_version2:"10.11.5")){
fix = "Upgrade to latest OS release and apply patch from vendor";
}
## applying patch on 10.11.6 will upgrade build version to 15G1510
else if(version_is_equal(version:osVer, test_version:"10.11.6"))
{
buildVer = get_kb_item("ssh/login/osx_build");
if(buildVer && version_is_less(version:buildVer, test_version:"15G1510")){
fix = "Apply patch from vendor";
}
}
}
## 10.12 to 10.12.4 is vulnerable
else if(version_in_range(version:osVer, test_version:"10.12", test_version2:"10.12.4")){
fix = "10.12.5";
}
if(fix)
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:osVer, fixed_version:fix);
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
60.7%