Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.2 IOGraphicsFamily access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.2 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown part of the component IOGraphicsFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IOGraphicsFamily in Apple OS X before 10.9.4 allows local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by leveraging read access to a kernel pointer in an IOKit object.

The weakness was disclosed 06/30/2014 by Steve Dunham with Zero Day Initiative as HT6296 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-1378 since 01/08/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 76317 (Mac OS X 10.9.x < 10.9.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 122214 (Apple Mac OS X v10.9.4 Not Installed (HT6281, HT203015)).

Upgrading to version 10.9.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94152) and Tenable (76317). Further details are available at archives.neohapsis.com. The entries 66948, 66949, 66950 and 66951 are pretty similar.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 76317
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.9.x < 10.9.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9.4

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT6296
Researcher: Steve Dunham
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1378 (🔍)
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X-Force: 94152 - Apple Mac OS X IOGraphicsFamily security bypass, Low Risk
SecurityTracker: 1030505 - Apple OS X Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 45222 - Apple MacOS X 10.9 - 10.9.3 Local Memory Read in IOGraphicsFamily, Low
SecurityFocus: 68272 - Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.9.4 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 07/04/2014 10:27
Updated: 02/08/2022 09:32
Changes: 07/04/2014 10:27 (81), 06/01/2017 04:39 (4), 02/08/2022 09:32 (3)
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