Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 Kernel information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Kernel. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2013-5142. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The kernel in Apple iOS before 7 does not initialize unspecified kernel data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via the (1) msgctl API or (2) segctl API.

The weakness was released 10/22/2013 by Kenzley Alphonse with Kenx Technology, Inc. as APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 as confirmed mailinglist post (Apple Security Mailinglist). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-5142 since 08/15/2013. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70257 (Apple TV < 6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc..

Upgrading to version 10.9 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 X-Force (87235), Tenable (70257), SecurityFocus (BID 62522†), OSVDB (97439†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42749†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-8559, VDB-8792, VDB-8797 and VDB-8796. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 70257
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9

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08/15/2013 🔍
09/18/2013 +34 days 🔍
09/19/2013 +1 days 🔍
10/22/2013 +33 days 🔍
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01/01/2014 +70 days 🔍
05/31/2021 +2707 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3
Researcher: Kenzley Alphonse
Organization: Kenx Technology, Inc.
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-5142 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5142
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10911
X-Force: 87235
SecurityFocus: 62522
OSVDB: 97439
SecurityTracker: 1029054
Vulnerability Center: 42749 - Apple iOS <7 and Apple TV <6.0 Local Information Leakage Vulnerability via msgctl or segctl API, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/23/2013 17:41
Updated: 05/31/2021 16:35
Changes: 10/23/2013 17:41 (69), 05/18/2017 17:41 (1), 05/31/2021 16:27 (3), 05/31/2021 16:35 (1)
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