CVE-2014-8835

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

The xpc_data_get_bytes function in libxpc in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that a dictionary's Attributes key has the xpc_data data type, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted dictionary to sysmond, related to an "XPC type confusion" issue.

The xpc_data_get_bytes function in libxpc in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that a dictionary's Attributes key has the xpc_data data type, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted dictionary to sysmond, related to an "XPC type confusion" issue.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Apple Mac OS X

First reported 10 years ago

2015-01-30 11:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-08 01:29:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.10.0

10.10.0

Apple Mac OS X 10.10.1

10.10.1

References

APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4

Vendor Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135701/OS-X-Sysmond-XPC-Type-Confusion-Privilege-Escalation.html

http://support.apple.com/HT204244

Vendor Advisory

35742

Exploit

71992

Exploit

1031650

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=121

Exploit

macosx-cve20148835-priv-esc(100530)

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