CVE-2008-0049 Information

Description

AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 inadvertently makes an NSApplication mach port available for inter-process communication instead of inter-thread communication which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted messages to privileged applications.

Reference

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28340 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019647 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41314