Description
The Installer application in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier, when used by a user with Admin credentials, does not authenticate the user before installing certain software requiring system privileges.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 ↗
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017304 ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/30733 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23155 ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html ↗
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html ↗