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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-25T04:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:59:48.568Z

Reserved: 2005-08-30T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2005-2748

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2005-10-25T22:06:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T20:52:35.860

Link: CVE-2005-2748

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