Parallels Desktop for Mac before 20070216 implements Drag and Drop by sharing the entire host filesystem as the .psf share, which allows local users of the guest operating system to write arbitrary files to the host filesystem, and execute arbitrary code via launchd by writing a plist file to a LaunchAgents directory.

Buffer overflow in the AirPortDriver module for AirPort in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.4.9, when running on hardware with the original AirPort wireless card, allows local users to execute arbitrary code by "sending malformed control commands."

Format string vulnerability in the VPN daemon (vpnd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the -i parameter.

Buffer overflow in the Apple Minimal SLP v2 Service Agent (slpd) in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and earlier, including 10.4.8, allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to gain privileges and possibly execute arbitrary code via a registration request with an invalid attr-list field.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in writeconfig in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH that points to a malicious launchctl program.

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Wacom, driver version 6.3.32-3, update helper service in the startProcess command. The command takes a user-supplied script argument and executes it under root context. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to raise their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.

Unspecified vulnerability in the Bluetooth stack on Mac OS 10.4.7 and earlier has unknown impact and local attack vectors, related to "Mach Exception Handling", a different issue than CVE-2006-6900.

Buffer overflow in the shared_region_make_private_np function in vm/vm_unix.c in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a small range count, which causes insufficient memory allocation, or (2) a large number of ranges in the shared_region_make_private_np_args parameter.

Improper neutralization of directives in dynamically evaluated code in Druva inSync Mac OS Client 6.5.0 allows a local, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Python expressions with root privileges.

OpenBase SQL 10.0 and earlier, as used in Apple Xcode 2.2 2.2 and earlier and possibly other products, allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the simulation.sql file.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in OpenBase SQL 10.0 and earlier, as used in Apple Xcode 2.2 2.2 and earlier and possibly other products, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a modified PATH that references a malicious gzip program, which is executed by gnutar with certain TAR_OPTIONS environment variable settings, when gnutar is invoked by OpenBase.

Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) for Mac OS X 10.2.8 and later does not drop privileges on the remote machine while installing certain applications, which allows local users to bypass authentication and gain privileges by selecting the icon during installation. NOTE: it could be argued that the issue is not in Remote Desktop itself, but in applications that are installed while using it.

Integer overflow vulnerability in the i386_set_ldt call in FreeBSD 5.5, and possibly earlier versions down to 5.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4178.

The dynamic linker (dyld) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an "improperly handled condition" that leads to use of "dangerous paths," probably related to an untrusted search path vulnerability.

In FreeBSD before 11.2-RELEASE, an application which calls setrlimit() to increase RLIMIT_STACK may turn a read-only memory region below the stack into a read-write region. A specially crafted executable could be exploited to execute arbitrary code in the user context.

Kerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier relies on the getlogin system call to determine if the user running k5su is root, which could allow a root-initiated process to regain its privileges after it has dropped them.

MySQL Manager in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.6, when setting up a new MySQL database server, does not use the "New MySQL root password" that is provided, which causes the MySQL root password to be blank and allows local users to gain full privileges to that database.

opiepasswd in One-Time Passwords in Everything (OPIE) in FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-p22 through 6.1-STABLE before 20060322 uses the getlogin function to determine the invoking user account, which might allow local users to configure OPIE access to the root account and possibly gain root privileges if a root shell is permitted by the configuration of the wheel group or sshd.

The NVIDIA graphics driver in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an unspecified IOService userclient type.

Unspecified vulnerability in passwordserver in Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 and 10.4.3, when creating an Open Directory master server, allows local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors.

Netskope client prior to 89.x on macOS is impacted by a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The XPC implementation of nsAuxiliarySvc process does not perform validation on new connections before accepting the connection. Thus any low privileged user can connect and call external methods defined in XPC service as root, elevating their privilege to the highest level.

Authorization Services in securityd for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 allows local users to gain privileges by granting themselves certain rights that should be restricted to administrators.

The System Profiler in Mac OS X 10.4.2 labels a Bluetooth device with "Requires Authentication: No" even when the user has selected the "Require pairing for security" option, which could confuse users about which setting is valid.

The device file system (devfs) in FreeBSD 5.x does not properly check parameters of the node type when creating a device node, which makes hidden devices available to attackers, who can then bypass restrictions on a jailed process.

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in iTunesHelper.exe in iTunes 4.7.1.30 and iTunes 5 for Windows might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious C:\program.exe file.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the VPN daemon (vpnd) for Mac OS X before 10.3.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -i (Server_id) argument.

The (1) stopserver.sh and (2) startserver.sh scripts in Adobe Version Cue on Mac OS X uses the current working directory to find and execute the productname.sh script, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by copying and calling the scripts from a user-controlled directory.

Unknown vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.3.9 allows local users to gain privileges via (1) chfn, (2) chpass, and (3) chsh, which "use external helper programs in an insecure manner."

Integer overflow in the searchfs system call in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted parameters.

Unknown vulnerability in the nfs_mount call in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via crafted arguments.

FreeBSD 5.x to 5.4 on AMD64 does not properly initialize the IO permission bitmap used to allow user access to certain hardware, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, and possibly gain privileges.

Multiple symlink vulnerabilities in portupgrade before 20041226_2 in FreeBSD allow local users to (1) overwrite arbitrary files and possibly replace packages to execute arbitrary code via pkg_fetch, (2) overwrite arbitrary files via temporary files when portupgrade upgrades a port or package, or (3) create arbitrary zero-byte files via the pkgdb.fixme temporary file.

Buffer overflow in the Netinfo Setup Tool (NeST) allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

The "at" commands on Mac OS X 10.3.7 and earlier do not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to (1) delete arbitrary files via atrm, (2) execute arbitrary programs via the -f argument to batch, or (3) read arbitrary files via the -f argument to batch, which generates a job file that is readable by the local user.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Core Foundation Library in Mac OS X 10.3.5 and 10.3.6, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long CF_CHARSET_PATH environment variable.

The Intel Graphics Driver in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-8819 and CVE-2014-8820.

Buffer overflows in brouted in FreeBSD and possibly other OSes allows local users to gain root privileges via long command line arguments.

The jail system call in FreeBSD 4.x before 4.10-RELEASE does not verify that an attempt to manipulate routing tables originated from a non-jailed process, which could allow local users to modify the routing table.

Unknown vulnerability in the CUPS printing system in Mac OS X 10.3.3 and Mac OS X 10.2.8 with unknown impact, possibly related to a configuration file setting.

Unknown vulnerability in LoginWindow for Mac OS X 10.3.4, related to "handling of directory services lookups."

FreeBSD mount_union command allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack.

Unknown vulnerability in Mail for Mac OS X 10.3.3 and 10.2.8, with unknown impact, related to "the handling of HTML-formatted email."

slashem-tty in the FreeBSD Ports Collection is installed with write permissions for the games group, which allows local users with group games privileges to modify slashem-tty and execute arbitrary code as other users, as demonstrated using a separate vulnerability in LTris.

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD gdc program.

Buffer overflow in the lprm command in the lprold lpr package on SuSE 7.1 through 7.3, OpenBSD 3.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via long command line arguments such as (1) request ID or (2) user name.

DirectoryServices in MacOS X trusts the PATH environment variable to locate and execute the touch command, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the PATH to point to a directory containing a malicious touch program.

TruBlueEnvironment for MacOS 10.2.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files and gain root privileges by setting a certain environment variable that is used to write debugging information.

Buffer overflow in lpr, as used in BSD-based systems including Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via a long -C (classification) command line option.

Terminal 1.3 in Apple Mac OS X 10.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a telnet:// link, which is executed by Terminal.app window.