Security Issue with Mac OS X

Below is the copy of the email I sent to Apple a week ago I have dropped them a copy of the mail on their feedback web page, too. Since I haven't heard of them since, I have chosen to make the security issue available to the community. Below the copy of the mail is a short discussion of the...

scrollkeeper.txt

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release date : September 2 2002 Author : Spybreak [email protected] Package : Scrollkeeper Version : 0.3.4, 0.3.11 Severity : Medium to High Vendor homepage : scrollkeeper.sourceforge.net Status : vendor contacted Problem :...

CVE-2002-0793

Hard link and possibly symbolic link following vulnerabilities in QNX RTOS 4.25 aka QNX4 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via 1 the -f argument to the monitor utility, 2 the -d argument to dumper, 3 the -c argument to crttrap, or 4 using the Watcom sample utility...

CVE-2002-0430

MultiFileUploadHandler.php in the Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR administration interface allows local users to bypass authentication and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, followed by a request to MultiFileUpload.php...

Directory-traversal vulnerability in Mike Spice's My Classifieds CGI script

Overview Some versions of My Classifieds contain a directory-traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to overwrite files. Description My Classifieds is a Perl CGI script, maintained by Mike Spice, that produces dynamic ad listings on a web server and allows users to edit their ads remotely...

CVE-2002-1449

eUpload 1.0 stores the password.txt password file in plaintext under the web document root, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by reading password.txt...

CVE-2002-0793

Hard link and possibly symbolic link following vulnerabilities in QNX RTOS 4.25 aka QNX4 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via 1 the -f argument to the monitor utility, 2 the -d argument to dumper, 3 the -c argument to crttrap, or 4 using the Watcom sample utility...

CVE-2002-0793: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

Hard link and possibly symbolic link following vulnerabilities in QNX RTOS 4.25 aka QNX4 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via 1 the -f argument to the monitor utility, 2 the -d argument to dumper, 3 the -c argument to crttrap, or 4 using the Watcom sample utility...

CVE-2002-0678

CDE ToolTalk database server ttdbserver allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the transaction log file used by the TTTRANSACTION RPC procedure...

CVE-2001-1177

ml85p in Samsung ML-85G GDI printer driver before 0.2.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files...

CVE-2001-1119

cda in xmcd 3.0.2 and 2.6 in SuSE Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-2001-1276

ispell before 3.1.20 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file...

CVE-2002-0044

GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of the Enscript user via a symlink attack on temporary files...

CVE-2001-1162

Directory traversal vulnerability in the %m macro in the smb.conf configuration file in Samba before 2.2.0a allows remote attackers to overwrite certain files via a .. in a NETBIOS name, which is used as the name for a .log file...

CVE-2001-1277

The CVE-2001-1277 issue affects the makewhatis component of the man package prior to version 1.5i2. A local attacker belonging to the group man can cause arbitrary files to be overwritten by crafting a man page name containing shell metacharacters, exploiting insufficient validation during proces...

CVE-2001-1276

The CVE-2001-1276 vulnerability affects ispell prior to 3.1.20. A local user can exploit a race condition by symlinking a temporary file used by ispell, allowing overwrite of another user’s files. Root cause: ispell used mktemp() for temp files; patches switch to mkstemp() and revise input handli...

CVE-2001-1085

Lmail 2.7 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file...

CVE-2001-1177: Undefined Security Weakness

ml85p in Samsung ML-85G GDI printer driver before 0.2.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files...

CVE-2001-1162: Undefined Security Weakness

Directory traversal vulnerability in the %m macro in the smb.conf configuration file in Samba before 2.2.0a allows remote attackers to overwrite certain files via a .. in a NETBIOS name, which is used as the name for a .log file...

CVE-2001-1277: Undefined Security Weakness

makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters...