CVE-2007-0117

DiskManagementTool in the DiskManagement.framework 92.29 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 does not properly validate Bill of Materials BOM files, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a BOM file under /Library/Receipts/, which triggers arbitrary file permission changes upon execution of a diskutil...

MOAB-05-01-2007: Apple DiskManagement BOM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Summary Apple DiskManagement.framework is the back-end for the ' diskutil' tool, used to perform disk/file system maintenance tasks. One of these tasks, permissions repair, involves the usage of BOM Bill Of Materials files, which declare the default file permissions and owner among other...