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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component QL Office. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-5773. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component QL Office. 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. CVE summarizes:
QL Office in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 and OS X before 10.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted office document.
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 for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5773 since 08/06/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85409 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2015-006)), 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 l. 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 (85409), SecurityFocus (BID 76343†), SecurityTracker (ID 1033276†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56810†). See VDB-77102, VDB-77103, VDB-77104 and VDB-77105 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7
VulDB Base Score: 8.1
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 85409
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2015-006)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.5
Timeline
08/06/2015 🔍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-2015-5773 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5773
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77228
SecurityFocus: 76343 - Apple Mac OS X and iOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033276
Vulnerability Center: 56810 - Apple iOS <8.4.1 Remote Code Execution or DoS via a Crafted Office Document - CVE-2015-5773, Critical
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 08/14/2015 14:33Updated: 02/03/2025 04:44
Changes: 08/14/2015 14:33 (57), 08/24/2018 09:02 (21), 02/03/2025 04:44 (17)
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