Privilege escalation vulnerability in _cupsGetlang function, as used by lppasswd.c in lppasswd in CUPS in Apple Mac OS X| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:3819 | Date: (C)2012-01-20 (M)2023-11-09 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: macos |
The host is installed with Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to properly handle a file that contains crafted localization data with format string specifiers. Successful exploitation could allow a local user to obtain system privileges.
| Platform: |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.6 |
| Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.5 |
| Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5 |
