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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component AppleEvents. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The filtering implementation in AppleEvents in Apple OS X before 10.11 mishandles attempts to send events to a different user, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a screen-sharing connection.
The weakness was presented 10/09/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-5849 since 08/06/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86270 (Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)), 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 10.11 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (86270). See 9015, 67455, 68413 and 74127 for similar entries.
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Support
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 86270
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-02 October-15
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11
Timeline
08/06/2015 🔍09/30/2015 🔍
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10/12/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: support.apple.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-5849 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1033703
Vulnerability Center: 53086 - Apple MacOS X before 10.11 Remote Security Bypass due to an Issue in AppleEvents - CVE-2015-5849, Medium
SecurityFocus: 76910
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 10/12/2015 10:29Updated: 06/20/2022 12:08
Changes: 10/12/2015 10:29 (54), 02/01/2018 07:26 (12), 06/20/2022 12:01 (3), 06/20/2022 12:08 (1)
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