CVE-2005-2748

N/A Unknown
Published: October 25, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

The malloc function in the libSystem library in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting the MallocLogFile environment variable to the target file before running a setuid application.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv7.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv7.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
28th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

apple