Vulnerability Name:

CCN-157745

Published:2019-03-01
Updated:2019-03-01
Summary:Apple macOS could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a memory initialization issue in the Kernel component. By using a specially-crafted application, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.1 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
apple-macos-xnu-priv-esc(157745)

Source: CCN
Type: darwin-xnu GIT Repository
darwin-xnu

Source: CCN
Type: Packet Storm Security [03-01-2019]
XNU Copy-On-Write Behavior Bypass

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: EXPLOIT
Offensive Security Exploit Database [03-01-2019]

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:apple:macos_sierra:10.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:apple:macos_high_sierra:10.13.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:apple:macos_mojave:10.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    apple macos sierra 10.12.6
    apple macos sierra 10.13.6
    apple macos mojave 10.14.2