CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-8835
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-01-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-19
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x 10.10.0
• apple mac os x 10.10.1
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135701/OS-X-Sysmond-XPC-Type-Confusion-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35742/ Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71992 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 www.securitytracker.com
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=121 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100530 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135701/OS-X-Sysmond-XPC-Type-Confusion-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35742/ Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71992 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 www.securitytracker.com
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=121 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100530 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com