Title: Apple Macintosh OS X FBCIndex File Contents Disclosure Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
A vulnerability has been found in default configurations of Macintosh OS X.
A remote attacker may read sorted listings of data stored in files by submitting a URL to the vulnerable host's web service of the following form:
http://www.example.com/target_directory/.FBCIndex.
This information could provide an attacker with sensitive information including potential passwords useful in dictionary attacks, system configuration, installed applications, etc. Properly exploited, this information could allow an attacker to further compromise the security of the host.
Affected Products:
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.0
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.2
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.3
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4
References:
- US-CERT: Apple Computer Inc. Information for VU#177243
- US-CERT: Vulnerability Note VU#177243 - Mac OS X Finder creates world-readable ".FBCIndex
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