Description
XTerm in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6, when used with luit, creates tty devices with insecure world-writable permissions, which allows local users to write to the Xterm of another user.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48727
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33798
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
Permissions Required vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021729.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
14.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-732
Status
published
Products (4)
apple/mac_os_x
10.4.11
apple/mac_os_x
10.5.6
apple/mac_os_x_server
10.4.11
apple/mac_os_x_server
10.5.6
Published
Feb 13, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026