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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.1 (Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the component Hypervisor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Use-after-free vulnerability in Hypervisor in Apple OS X before 10.11.2 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving VM objects.
The weakness was released 12/08/2015 by Ian Beer (beist) with Google Project Zero as HT205637 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-7078 since 09/16/2015. Attacking locally is a requirement. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:
A use after free issue existed in the handling of VM objects. This issue was addressed through improved memory management.
A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 2 months after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. 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 databases at Exploit-DB (39370), Tenable (87314), SecurityFocus (BID 78721†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55088†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-79541, VDB-79545, VDB-79546 and VDB-79547.
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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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Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205637
Researcher: Ian Beer (beist)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7078 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 78721 - Apple Mac OS X APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034344
Vulnerability Center: 55088 - Apple MacOS X <10.11.2 Local Code Execution Vulnerability in Hypervisor, High
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 12/09/2015 02:04 PMUpdated: 06/22/2024 07:17 PM
Changes: 12/09/2015 02:04 PM (67), 05/14/2018 09:15 AM (22), 06/29/2022 12:07 PM (3), 06/22/2024 07:17 PM (15)
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