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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.1 (Operating System). It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component IOHIDFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 12/08/2015 by John Villamil (j00ru) with Yahoo Pentest Team as HT205637 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-7111 since 09/16/2015. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/29/2022). The advisory points out:
Multiple memory corruption issues existed in IOHIDFamily API. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87321 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Updates 2015-005 / 2015-008)), 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 l.
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 (87321). See 78550, 78551, 79541 and 79545 for similar entries.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 87321
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Updates 2015-005 / 2015-008)
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.2
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Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205637
Researcher: John Villamil (j00ru)
Organization: Yahoo Pentest Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7111 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1034344
SecurityFocus: 78719 - Apple Mac OS X/watchOS/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 12/09/2015 14:04Updated: 06/29/2022 13:28
Changes: 12/09/2015 14:04 (41), 04/28/2018 23:49 (28), 06/29/2022 13:22 (3), 06/29/2022 13:28 (1)
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