CVE-2011-1073 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2011-1073?

CVE-2011-1073 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 4 Mar 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1073?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Freebsd Freebsd.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1073?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1073 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2011-1073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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