Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8.5 Access Restriction access control

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8.5 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

CFNetwork in Apple OS X through 10.8.5 does not remove session cookies upon a Safari reset action, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging an unattended workstation.

The weakness was published 02/26/2014 by Meder Kydyraliev with Google Security Team as HT6150 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-1257 since 01/08/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/03/2022). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72688 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2014-001) (BEAST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121815 (Apple Mac OS X v10.9.2 and Security Update 2014-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2014-02-25-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (72688), SecurityFocus (BID 65777†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43693†). Similar entries are available at VDB-10324, VDB-10922, VDB-10909 and VDB-10897.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 72688
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2014-001) (BEAST)
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT6150
Researcher: Meder Kydyraliev
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1257 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 65777 - Apple Mac OS X APPLE-SA-2014-02-25-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 43693 - Apple OS X 10.8.5 before 10.9 Local Security Bypass in CFNetwork Cookies, Low

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/24/2015 03:54 PM
Updated: 02/03/2022 07:16 AM
Changes: 03/24/2015 03:54 PM (66), 05/23/2017 09:08 AM (6), 02/03/2022 07:16 AM (3)
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