Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.4 AppleGraphicsControl null pointer dereference
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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.4 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the component AppleGraphicsControl. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
AppleGraphicsControl in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1793.
The weakness was published 05/16/2016 by Ian Beer (lokihardt) with Google Project Zero as HT206567 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-1794 since 01/13/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:
A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved validation.
A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 4 weeks after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91228 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 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 122912 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.5 and Security Update 2016-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4)).
Upgrading to version 10.11.5 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 Tenable (91228) and Exploit-DB (39922). Similar entries are available at 87425, 87434, 87436 and 87438.
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Nessus ID: 91228
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 881901
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 November-2016
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Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT206567
Researcher: Ian Beer (lokihardt)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1794 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1035895
SecurityFocus: 90696 - Apple Mac OS X APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 05/18/2016 11:51Updated: 08/19/2022 16:29
Changes: 05/18/2016 11:51 (81), 11/30/2018 12:00 (13), 08/19/2022 16:29 (4)
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