Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 ImageIO information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4. This affects an unknown function of the component ImageIO. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-5781. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ImageIO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

ImageIO in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 and OS X before 10.10.5 does not properly initialize an unspecified data structure, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted PNG image.

The weakness was published 08/11/2015 by Ilja van Sprundel with Google Project Zero as HT205031 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-5781 since 08/06/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/03/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90315 (Apple TV < 7.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. 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 Tenable (90315), SecurityFocus (BID 76343†), SecurityTracker (ID 1033276†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56786†). Similar entries are available at VDB-77102, VDB-77103, VDB-77104 and VDB-77105. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 90315
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 7.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.5

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08/06/2015 🔍
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02/24/2016 +192 days 🔍
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04/04/2016 +35 days 🔍
02/03/2025 +3227 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205031
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5781 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5781
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77195
SecurityFocus: 76343 - Apple Mac OS X and iOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033276
Vulnerability Center: 56786 - Apple iOS <8.4.1 Remote Information Disclosure via a Maliciously Crafted Website - CVE-2015-5781, Medium

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

Created: 08/14/2015 14:33
Updated: 02/03/2025 07:45
Changes: 08/14/2015 14:33 (60), 08/24/2018 08:54 (18), 02/03/2025 07:45 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:BAB:103

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