Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.0 Script Editor privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.0 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Script Editor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Script Editor in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement for AppleScript execution via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 10/21/2015 by Joe Vennix with Rapid7 as HT205375 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-7007 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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

In some circumstances, Script Editor did not ask for user confirmation before executing AppleScripts. This issue was addressed by prompting for user confirmation before executing AppleScripts.

A public exploit has been developed by Metasploit and been published 5 days after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 21642.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86654) and Exploit-DB (38535). Similar entries are available at 77709, 78724, 78725 and 78727.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Metasploit
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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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Saint ID: exploit_info/safari_script_editor_exec
Saint Name: Safari Script Editor AppleScript execution

MetaSploit ID: safari_user_assisted_applescript_exec.rb
MetaSploit Name: Safari User-Assisted Applescript Exec Attack
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.1
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205375
Researcher: Joe Vennix
Organization: Rapid7
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7007 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 53813 - Apple MacOS X 10.11 Remote Code Execution in Script Editor - CVE-2015-7007, Medium
SecurityFocus: 64048

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

Created: 10/22/2015 12:03
Updated: 06/24/2022 17:37
Changes: 10/22/2015 12:03 (73), 02/15/2018 11:20 (15), 06/24/2022 17:37 (4)
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