PT-2015-4101 · Apple · Os X+1

Published 2015-01-30 · Updated 2017-09-08 · CVE-2014-8835

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.2

Description The issue is related to an "XPC type confusion" problem in the xpc data get bytes function within the libxpc library. This function does not properly verify the data type of a dictionary's Attributes key, allowing attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted dictionary to sysmond.

Recommendations For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.2, update to version 10.10.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-19

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8835

Affected Products

Os X

Libxpc

References · 10

• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/35742 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/71992 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/35742 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=121 · Exploit
• http://support.apple.com/HT204244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8835 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100530 · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135701/OS-X-Sysmond-XPC-Type-Confusion-Privilege-Escalation.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031650 · Note