VDB-78314 · CVE-2015-5853 · Nessus 86270

Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10 AirScan information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10. Impacted is an unknown function of the component AirScan. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-5853. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component AirScan. 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. CVE summarizes:

AirScan in Apple OS X before 10.11 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain eSCL packet payload data via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was shared 10/09/2015 (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5853 since 08/06/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86270 (Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370192 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3)).

Upgrading to version 10.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86270), SecurityFocus (BID 76910†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53043†). The entries VDB-9015, VDB-67455, VDB-68413 and VDB-68487 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Apple

Name

Mac OS X

Version

License

commercial

Support

end of life

Website

Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 86270
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-02 October-15
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11

Timelineinfo

08/06/2015 🔍
09/30/2015 +55 days 🔍
10/01/2015 +1 days 🔍
10/09/2015 +8 days 🔍
10/09/2015 +0 days 🔍
10/12/2015 +3 days 🔍
06/20/2022 +2443 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2015-5853 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5853
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78314
SecurityFocus: 76910
SecurityTracker: 1033703
Vulnerability Center: 53043 - Apple MacOS X Remote DB Write Vulnerability due to an Issue in AirScan - CVE-2015-5853, Medium

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

Created: 10/12/2015 10:29
Updated: 06/20/2022 12:24
Changes: 10/12/2015 10:29 (57), 02/01/2018 07:09 (12), 06/20/2022 12:16 (3), 06/20/2022 12:24 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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