Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.3 IOHIDFamily memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.3. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component IOHIDFamily. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-4404. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.3 (Operating System) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component IOHIDFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via an application that provides crafted key-mapping properties.

The weakness was shared 10/16/2014 by Ian Beer (evad3rs) with Google Project Zero as HT6535 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-4404 since 06/20/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/29/2025). The advisory points out:

A heap buffer overflow existed in IOHIDFamily's handling of key-mapping properties.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77822 (Apple TV < 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc.. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123515 (Apple Mac OS X v10.10.3 and Security Update 2015-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2)). The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 02/10/2022 with a due date of 08/10/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Upgrading to version 10.10 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

This issue was addressed through improved validation of IOHIDFamily key-mapping properties.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96111), Exploit-DB (35440), Tenable (77822), SecurityFocus (BID 69882†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1031063†). The entries VDB-67368, VDB-67370, VDB-67371 and VDB-67372 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 77822
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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MetaSploit ID: iokit_keyboard_root.rb
MetaSploit Name: Mac OS X IOKit Keyboard Driver Root Privilege Escalation
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT6535
Researcher: Ian Beer (evad3rs)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4404 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4404
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68009

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X-Force: 96111
SecurityFocus: 69882 - RETIRED: Apple iOS Prior to iOS 8 and TV Prior to TV 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1031063 - Apple OS X Multiple Flaws Let Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Obtain Elevated Privileges, Bypass Security Restrictions, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information

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

Created: 10/17/2014 10:22
Updated: 01/29/2025 19:43
Changes: 10/17/2014 10:22 (59), 07/06/2017 08:10 (27), 02/23/2022 10:58 (2), 04/22/2024 19:00 (23), 07/24/2024 18:25 (12), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 12/01/2024 03:37 (2), 01/29/2025 19:43 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:AD3:103

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