VDB-78325 · CVE-2015-5878 · BID 76908

Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10 Notes information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Notes. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Notes in Apple OS X before 10.11 misparses links, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 10/09/2015 by Maksymilian Arciemowicz with CXsecurity (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-5878 since 08/06/2015. An attack has to be approached locally. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370192 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3)).

Upgrading to version 10.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 76908†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53105†). Similar entries are available at VDB-67455, VDB-78301, VDB-78310 and VDB-78311.

Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Apple

Name

Mac OS X

Version

License

commercial

Support

end of life

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.0

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-02 October-15
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11

Timelineinfo

08/06/2015 🔍
09/30/2015 +55 days 🔍
09/30/2015 +0 days 🔍
10/01/2015 +1 days 🔍
10/09/2015 +8 days 🔍
10/09/2015 +0 days 🔍
10/12/2015 +3 days 🔍
11/21/2024 +3328 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Researcher: Maksymilian Arciemowicz
Organization: CXsecurity
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2015-5878 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 76908 - Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.11 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033703
Vulnerability Center: 53105 - Apple MacOS X before 10.11 Local Information Disclosure due to a Flaw in Notes - CVE-2015-5878, Low

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

Created: 10/12/2015 10:30 AM
Updated: 11/21/2024 10:23 PM
Changes: 10/12/2015 10:30 AM (53), 02/02/2018 08:23 AM (19), 06/20/2022 01:44 PM (3), 11/21/2024 10:23 PM (18)
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Cache ID: 18:89B:40

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