Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 ID OD Plug-in Password credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component ID OD Plug-in. Such manipulation leads to credentials management (Password). This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-3799. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component ID OD Plug-in. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability (Password). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Apple ID OD plug-in in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 allows attackers to change arbitrary user passwords via a crafted app.

The weakness was shared 08/11/2015 by Maxime Villard with Google Security Team as HT205031 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-3799 since 05/07/2015. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123806 (Apple Mac OS X v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2)).

Upgrading to version 10.10.5 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 SecurityFocus (BID 76340†), SecurityTracker (ID 1033276†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52028†). The entries VDB-77175, VDB-77176, VDB-77177 and VDB-77178 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Name: Password
Class: Credentials management / Password
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-03 October-15
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.5

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205031
Researcher: Maxime Villard
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-3799 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-3799
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77174
SecurityFocus: 76340 - Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.10.5 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033276 - Apple OS X Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Deny Service and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 52028 - Apple MacOS X 10.10 through 10.10.4 Remote Weak Password Authentication Vulnerability - CVE-2015-3799, Medium

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

Created: 08/14/2015 14:33
Updated: 02/02/2025 22:32
Changes: 08/14/2015 14:33 (61), 10/15/2017 11:32 (19), 02/02/2025 22:32 (18)
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