Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.3 Intel Graphics Driver memory corruption
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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.3 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Intel Graphics Driver. 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 weakness was presented 03/21/2016 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as HT206167 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-1744 since 01/13/2016. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90096 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.4 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 124842 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5)).
Upgrading to version 10.11.4 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 (39616), Tenable (90096), SecurityFocus (BID 71820†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57593†).
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 90096
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 March-2016
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.4
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT206167
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1744 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 71820
SecurityTracker: 1035363
Vulnerability Center: 57593 - Apple OS X 10.11 through 10.11.3 Remote Code Execution via a Crafted Application - CVE-2016-1744, Critical
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
Entry
Created: 03/23/2016 12:10Updated: 07/11/2022 08:02
Changes: 03/23/2016 12:10 (76), 02/02/2019 11:11 (14), 07/11/2022 08:02 (4)
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