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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.1 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component Kernel. 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. CVE summarizes:
The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, tvOS before 9.1, and watchOS before 2.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7084.
The weakness was released 12/08/2015 by Ian Beer (j00ru) with Google Project Zero as HT205637 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-7083 since 09/16/2015. Local access is required to approach this attack. A authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:
Multiple memory corruption issues existed in the kernel. 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). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 78550, 78551, 79541 and 79545.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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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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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205637
Researcher: Ian Beer (j00ru)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7083 (🔍)
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 14:05Updated: 06/29/2022 14:35
Changes: 12/09/2015 14:05 (43), 04/28/2018 23:55 (27), 06/29/2022 14:33 (2), 06/29/2022 14:35 (1)
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