CVE-2014-8835

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• Apple Mac OSX 10.9.x - sysmond XPC Privilege Escalation2015-01-10 · local · osx

Impact

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 products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135701/OS-X-Sysmond-XPC-Type-Confusion-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://support.apple.com/HT204244
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35742/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71992
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=121
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100530
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135701/OS-X-Sysmond-XPC-Type-Confusion-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://support.apple.com/HT204244
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35742/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71992
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=121
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100530