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Date: Thu Jun  9 00:44:50 2005
From: advisories at suresec.org ( Suresec Advisories )
Subject: [ Suresec Advisories ] - Mac OS X 10.4 - launchd
	local root vulnerability

Securesec Security Advisory  - #00003
09/06/05

Apple Mac OS X 10.4 launchd race condition vulnerability
Advisory: http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv3.pdf

Description:

A race condition vulnerability has been found in the temporary file  
creation done by the suid launchd  program on Mac OSX 10.4.
The for advisory for this can be downloaded from the Suresec website.

Risk:

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in stolen  
ownership of any file on the system. Using this it is trivial to get  
a root shell.

Credit:

The vulnerability was discovered by Neil Archibald and Ilja Van Sprundel