CVE-2005-2748 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2005-2748?

CVE-2005-2748 is a low-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 25 Oct 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2748?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2748?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2748 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2005-2748 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2748 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-755q-cvwp-xv2m.