CVE-2014-4492

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

libnetcore in Apple iOS before 8.1.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.0.3 does not verify that certain values have the expected data type, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in an _networkd context via a crafted XPC message from a sandboxed app, as demonstrated by lack of verification of the XPC dictionary data type.

libnetcore in Apple iOS before 8.1.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.0.3 does not verify that certain values have the expected data type, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in an _networkd context via a crafted XPC message from a sandboxed app, as demonstrated by lack of verification of the XPC dictionary data type.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2015-01-30 11:59:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-03-08 16:06:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-1

APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-2

Vendor Advisory

APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4

Vendor Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134393/Mac-OS-X-Networkd-XPC-Type-Confusion-Sandbox-Escape.html

http://support.apple.com/HT204244

Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/HT204245

Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/HT204246

Vendor Advisory

35847

Exploit

114862

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=92

Exploit

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