VDB-77201 · CVE-2015-3772 · HT205031

Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 IOFireWireFamily memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component IOFireWireFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IOFireWireFamily in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3769 and CVE-2015-3771.

The weakness was released 08/11/2015 by Maxime Villard with Google Security Team as HT205031 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-3772 since 05/07/2015. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85408 (Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.5 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.

Upgrading to version 10.10.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (85408). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 11563, 69011, 77102 and 77103.

Productinfo

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Operating System

Vendor

Apple

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Mac OS X

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commercial

Support

end of life

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 85408
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-03 October-15
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.5

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05/07/2015 🔍
08/11/2015 +96 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205031
Researcher: Maxime Villard
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-3772 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1033276 - Apple OS X Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Deny Service and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 52212 - Apple MacOS X Local Code Execution or DoS in IOFireWireFamily - CVE-2015-3772, High
SecurityFocus: 76340 - Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.10.5 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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

Created: 08/14/2015 14:33
Updated: 06/12/2022 08:06
Changes: 08/14/2015 14:33 (66), 10/24/2017 09:42 (18), 06/12/2022 08:06 (3)
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