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Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Kernel. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-3776. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Kernel. 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:
IOKit in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 and OS X before 10.10.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a malformed plist.
The weakness was presented 08/11/2015 by Ilja van Sprundel with Google Project Zero as HT205031 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-3776 since 05/07/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85408 (Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context c. 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 (85408), SecurityFocus (BID 76343†), SecurityTracker (ID 1033276†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56789†). See VDB-11563, VDB-69011, VDB-77102 and VDB-77103 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 85408
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.5
Timeline
05/07/2015 🔍08/11/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205031
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-3776 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-3776
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77213
SecurityFocus: 76343 - Apple Mac OS X and iOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033276
Vulnerability Center: 56789 - Apple iOS <8.4.1 Remote Code Execution or DoS via a Maliciously Crafted plist - CVE-2015-3776, Critical
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 08/14/2015 14:33Updated: 02/02/2025 21:30
Changes: 08/14/2015 14:33 (72), 08/24/2018 08:55 (6), 02/02/2025 21:30 (18)
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