PT-2015-2289 · Apple · Os X

Ilja Van Sprundel · Published 2015-10-09 · Updated 2016-12-08 · CVE-2015-5891

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OS X versions prior to 10.11

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the SMB implementation of the Mac OS X kernel. This can be exploited by a local attacker to gain elevated privileges or cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption.

Recommendations For OS X versions prior to 10.11, update to version 10.11 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11643

CVE-2015-5891

Affected Products

Os X

References · 6

• https://support.apple.com/HT205267 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5891 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11643 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76908 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033703 · Note