CVE-2014-8835

Apple Mac OSX 10.9.x - sysmond XPC Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The xpc_data_get_bytes function in libxpc in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that a dictionary's Attributes key has the xpc_data data type, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted dictionary to sysmond, related to an "XPC type confusion" issue.

La función xpc_data_get_bytes en libxpc en Apple OS X anterior a 10.10.2 no verifica que la clave de atributos de un diccionario tiene el tipo de datos xpc_data, lo que permite a atacantes ejecutar código arbitrario mediante la entrga de un diccionario manipulado a sysmond, relacionado con un problema de 'confusión de tipos de XPC'.

OS X suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability due to XPC type confusion in sysmond.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-11-14 CVE Reserved
2015-01-10 First Exploit
2015-01-30 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-19: Data Processing Errors

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135701/OS-X-Sysmond-XPC-Type-Confusion-Privilege-Escalation.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100530	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35742	2015-01-10
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35742	2024-08-06
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71992	2024-08-06
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=121	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html	2017-09-08
http://support.apple.com/HT204244	2017-09-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.10.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.10.0"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.10.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.10.1"		-		Affected