VDB-76262 · CVE-2015-3716 · BID 75493

Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.3 Spotlight command injection

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.3 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Spotlight. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Spotlight in Apple OS X before 10.10.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted name of a photo file within the local photo library.

The weakness was disclosed 07/03/2015 by Emil Kvarnhammar with Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is available at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-3716 since 05/07/2015. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84488 (Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST) (Logjam)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 10.10.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (84488). The entries 75568, 76185, 76186 and 76187 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

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Operating System

Vendor

Apple

Name

Mac OS X

Version

License

commercial

Support

end of life

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Temp Score: 4.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1202

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 84488
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST) (Logjam)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 July15
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.4

Timelineinfo

05/07/2015 🔍
06/30/2015 +54 days 🔍
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07/02/2015 +1 days 🔍
07/03/2015 +1 days 🔍
07/03/2015 +0 days 🔍
05/23/2022 +2516 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Researcher: Emil Kvarnhammar
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-3716 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1032760
Vulnerability Center: 50921 - Apple MacOS X 10.8.5, 10.9.5 and 10.10 through 10.10.3 Local Code Execution in Spotlight - CVE-2015-3716, Medium
SecurityFocus: 75493 - Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.10.4 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2015 10:32
Updated: 05/23/2022 08:21
Changes: 07/03/2015 10:32 (54), 07/03/2017 08:38 (17), 05/23/2022 08:20 (3), 05/23/2022 08:21 (1)
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