Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.1 Configuration Profiles access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.1 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Configuration Profiles. 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:

Apple OS X before 10.11.2 and tvOS before 9.1 allow local users to bypass intended configuration-profile installation restrictions via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was shared 12/08/2015 with Dell as HT205637 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-7062 since 09/16/2015. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068. The advisory points out:

An issue existed when installing configuration profiles. This issue was addressed through improved authorization checks.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87314 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.2 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 and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124389 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.2 and Security Update 2015-008 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3)).

Upgrading to version 10.11.2 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 (87314). The entries 79541, 79545, 79546 and 79547 are related to this item.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Nessus ID: 87314
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 December-15
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205637
Organization: Dell
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7062 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1034344
Vulnerability Center: 55044 - Apple MacOS X <10.11.2 Local Security Bypass in Configuration Profiles, Medium
SecurityFocus: 78733

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 12/09/2015 14:20
Updated: 06/29/2022 10:42
Changes: 12/09/2015 14:20 (64), 05/14/2018 09:04 (12), 06/29/2022 10:36 (3), 06/29/2022 10:42 (1)
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