CVE-2015-3769
Description
IOFireWireFamily in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3771 and CVE-2015-3772.
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A local memory corruption bug in IOFireWireFamily on OS X before 10.10.5 lets attackers gain privileges or cause denial of service.
Vulnerability
The IOFireWireFamily kernel extension in Apple OS X versions before 10.10.5 contains a memory corruption vulnerability. The bug is reachable through unspecified vectors, and a local user can trigger it. The affected versions are OS X Yosemite v10.10 through v10.10.4 and OS X Mavericks v10.9.5.
Exploitation
An attacker requires local access to the system. The precise exploitation steps are not disclosed, but the vulnerability can be triggered by a local user invoking certain IOFireWireFamily functionality, leading to memory corruption.
Impact
Successful exploitation can allow the attacker to either gain elevated privileges (escalating to kernel-level access) or cause a denial of service via system crash or hang. The privilege escalation bypasses normal user restrictions.
Mitigation
Apple addressed this vulnerability in OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006. Users should update to the fixed version. No workaround is provided in the available references [1].
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Affected products
2- Range: <10.10.5
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
4- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT205031nvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76340nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033276nvd
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