CVE-2007-0117 Information

Description

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 permission repair operation.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/31167 http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-05-01-2007.html http://secunia.com/advisories/23653 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21899 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074