CVE-2011-1073

macOS X - Local File Existence Disclosure and MD5 Checksum Comparison via Symlink Attack on Temporary Files

Title source: llm

Description

crontab.c in crontab in FreeBSD and Apple Mac OS X allows local users to (1) determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary file and (2) perform MD5 checksum comparisons on arbitrary pairs of files via two symlink attacks on /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary files.

References (7)

Core 7

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65899

Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/14

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46604

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8117

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516716/100/0/threaded

Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/6

Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=129891323028897&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 7.3%

Details

CWE

CWE-59

Status published

Products (2)

apple/mac_os_x

freebsd/freebsd

Published Mar 04, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026