Apple Mac OS X 10.8.5/10.9.5/10.10/10.10.1 IOHIDFamily privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.8.5/10.9.5/10.10/10.10.1. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component IOHIDFamily. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-4489. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.8.5/10.9.5/10.10/10.10.1 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component IOHIDFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity.

The weakness was disclosed 01/27/2015 by @beist as HT204244 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-4489 since 06/20/2014. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

A null pointer dereference existed in IOHIDFamily's handling of event queues. This issue was addressed through improved validation of IOHIDFamily event queue initialization.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81145 (Apple TV < 7.0.3 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 123193 (Apple Mac OS X v10.10.2 and Security Update 2015-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4)).

Upgrading to version 10.10.2 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 (100512) and Tenable (81145). Additional details are provided at us-cert.gov. The entries VDB-67778, VDB-68077, VDB-68232 and VDB-68339 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 81145
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 7.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.2

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01/27/2015 +221 days 🔍
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT204244
Researcher: @beist
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4489 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4489
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68887
X-Force: 100512 - Apple Mac OS X IOHIDFamily privilege escalation, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 70273
SecurityTracker: 1031650
SecuriTeam: 1031650

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

Created: 01/29/2015 09:30
Updated: 12/15/2024 21:40
Changes: 01/29/2015 09:30 (56), 07/09/2017 08:17 (11), 03/07/2022 10:07 (4), 03/07/2022 10:12 (2), 12/15/2024 21:40 (22)
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