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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.0 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component libarchive. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
libarchive in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted app that conducts an unspecified symlink attack.
The weakness was presented 10/21/2015 as HT205375 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6984 since 09/16/2015. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:
An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed through improved path sanitization.
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). See 77709, 78724, 78725 and 78727 for similar entries.
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
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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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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.1
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Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205375
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-6984 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 53857 - Apple MacOS X Remote File System Write Vulnerability in libarchive - CVE-2015-6984, High
SecurityFocus: 64048
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 10/22/2015 11:25Updated: 06/24/2022 16:32
Changes: 10/22/2015 11:25 (64), 02/17/2018 09:25 (6), 06/24/2022 16:32 (4)
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