CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
---|---|---|
7.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.0 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Audio. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
coreaudiod in Audio in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 does not initialize an unspecified data structure, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted app.
The weakness was disclosed 10/21/2015 by Mark Brand with Google Project Zero as HT205375 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-7003 since 09/16/2015. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:
An uninitialized memory issue existed in coreaudiod. This issue was addressed through improved memory initialization.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86654 (Mac OS X < 10.11.1 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 124172 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.1 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-4)).
Upgrading to version 10.11.1 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 (86654). The entries 68857, 74877, 74936 and 77709 are pretty similar.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Support
- end of life
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv2
AV | AC | Au | C | I | A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
Vector | Complexity | Authentication | Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
---|---|---|---|---|
Today | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
Nessus ID: 86654
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.11.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 October-15
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍
Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍
Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.1
Timeline
09/16/2015 🔍10/21/2015 🔍
10/21/2015 🔍
10/21/2015 🔍
10/22/2015 🔍
10/22/2015 🔍
10/23/2015 🔍
06/24/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205375
Researcher: Mark Brand
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2015-7003 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 53773 - Apple MacOS X 10.11 Remote Code Execution due to Uninitialized Memory in coreaudiod, Critical
SecurityFocus: 64048
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 10/22/2015 11:24Updated: 06/24/2022 10:20
Changes: 10/22/2015 11:24 (68), 02/15/2018 11:12 (6), 06/24/2022 10:20 (4)
Complete: 🔍
No comments yet. Languages: en.
Please log in to comment.