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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.0 (Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the component EFI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-17. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Apple Mac EFI before 2015-002, as used in OS X before 10.11.1 and other products, mishandles arguments, which allows attackers to reach "unused" functions via unspecified vectors.
The weakness was published 10/21/2015 by Corey Kallenberg, Xeno Kovah, John Butterworth and Sam Cornwell with MITRE Corporation as HT205375 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-7035 since 09/16/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:
An issue existed with EFI argument handling. This was addressed by removing the affected functions.
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.
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). Similar entries are available at 77709, 78724, 78725 and 78727.
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Nessus ID: 86654
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.11.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 October-15
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.1
Timeline
05/29/2015 🔍05/29/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205375
Researcher: Corey Kallenberg, Xeno Kovah, John Butterworth, Sam Cornwell
Organization: MITRE Corporation
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7035 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1033921
Vulnerability Center: 53917 - Apple MacOS X Remote Code Execution due to an Issue in EFI Argument Handling, Medium
SecurityFocus: 74971 - Apple Mac OS X EFI Firmware Security Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 10/22/2015 11:32Updated: 06/24/2022 12:44
Changes: 10/22/2015 11:32 (69), 02/19/2018 09:22 (8), 06/24/2022 12:36 (3), 06/24/2022 12:44 (1)
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