Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-3692 - Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apple mac OS X

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
apple
CWE-284
nessus
NVD
Published: 2015-07-03
Updated: 2016-12-06

Summary

Apple Mac EFI before 2015-001, as used in OS X before 10.10.4 and other products, does not enforce a locking protection mechanism upon being woken from sleep, which allows local users to conduct EFI flash attacks by leveraging root privileges.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
90

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Signature Spoofing by Key Theft
    An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by theft and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.

Nessus

  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_10_10_4.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.10.x that is prior to 10.10.4. It is, therefore, affected multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - Admin Framework - afpserver - apache - AppleFSCompression - AppleGraphicsControl - AppleThunderboltEDMService - ATS - Bluetooth - Certificate Trust Policy - CFNetwork HTTPAuthentication - CoreText - coreTLS - DiskImages - Display Drivers - EFI - FontParser - Graphics Driver - ImageIO - Install Framework Legacy - Intel Graphics Driver - IOAcceleratorFamily - IOFireWireFamily - Kernel - kext tools - Mail - ntfs - ntp - OpenSSL - QuickTime - Security - Spotlight - SQLite - System Stats - TrueTypeScaler - zip Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id84488
    published2015-07-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/84488
    titleMac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST) (Logjam)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(84488);
  script_version("1.21");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/22");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2015-0209",
    "CVE-2015-0235",
    "CVE-2015-0273",
    "CVE-2015-0286",
    "CVE-2015-0287",
    "CVE-2015-0288",
    "CVE-2015-0289",
    "CVE-2015-0293",
    "CVE-2015-1157",
    "CVE-2015-1798",
    "CVE-2015-1799",
    "CVE-2015-3661",
    "CVE-2015-3662",
    "CVE-2015-3663",
    "CVE-2015-3666",
    "CVE-2015-3667",
    "CVE-2015-3668",
    "CVE-2015-3671",
    "CVE-2015-3672",
    "CVE-2015-3673",
    "CVE-2015-3674",
    "CVE-2015-3675",
    "CVE-2015-3676",
    "CVE-2015-3677",
    "CVE-2015-3678",
    "CVE-2015-3679",
    "CVE-2015-3680",
    "CVE-2015-3681",
    "CVE-2015-3682",
    "CVE-2015-3683",
    "CVE-2015-3684",
    "CVE-2015-3685",
    "CVE-2015-3686",
    "CVE-2015-3687",
    "CVE-2015-3688",
    "CVE-2015-3689",
    "CVE-2015-3690",
    "CVE-2015-3691",
    "CVE-2015-3692",
    "CVE-2015-3693",
    "CVE-2015-3694",
    "CVE-2015-3695",
    "CVE-2015-3696",
    "CVE-2015-3697",
    "CVE-2015-3698",
    "CVE-2015-3699",
    "CVE-2015-3700",
    "CVE-2015-3701",
    "CVE-2015-3702",
    "CVE-2015-3703",
    "CVE-2015-3704",
    "CVE-2015-3705",
    "CVE-2015-3706",
    "CVE-2015-3707",
    "CVE-2015-3708",
    "CVE-2015-3709",
    "CVE-2015-3710",
    "CVE-2015-3711",
    "CVE-2015-3712",
    "CVE-2015-3713",
    "CVE-2015-3714",
    "CVE-2015-3715",
    "CVE-2015-3716",
    "CVE-2015-3717",
    "CVE-2015-3718",
    "CVE-2015-3719",
    "CVE-2015-3720",
    "CVE-2015-3721",
    "CVE-2015-4000",
    "CVE-2015-7036"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(
    72325,
    72701,
    73225,
    73227,
    73231,
    73232,
    73237,
    73239,
    73950,
    73951,
    74733
  );
  script_xref(name:"CERT", value:"967332");
  script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2015-06-30-2");

  script_name(english:"Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST) (Logjam)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Mac OS X.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes multiple
security vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.10.x that is prior
to 10.10.4. It is, therefore, affected multiple vulnerabilities in the
following components :

  - Admin Framework
  - afpserver
  - apache
  - AppleFSCompression
  - AppleGraphicsControl
  - AppleThunderboltEDMService
  - ATS
  - Bluetooth
  - Certificate Trust Policy
  - CFNetwork HTTPAuthentication
  - CoreText
  - coreTLS
  - DiskImages
  - Display Drivers
  - EFI
  - FontParser
  - Graphics Driver
  - ImageIO
  - Install Framework Legacy
  - Intel Graphics Driver
  - IOAcceleratorFamily
  - IOFireWireFamily
  - Kernel
  - kext tools
  - Mail
  - ntfs
  - ntp
  - OpenSSL
  - QuickTime
  - Security
  - Spotlight
  - SQLite
  - System Stats
  - TrueTypeScaler
  - zip

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can
result in arbitrary code execution.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT204942");
  # http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?956357d4");
  # https://www.qualys.com/research/security-advisories/GHOST-CVE-2015-0235.txt
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c7a6ddbd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.10.4 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2015-0235");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Apple OS X Entitlements Rootpipe Privilege Escalation');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'CANVAS');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/06/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/06/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/07/01");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "os_fingerprint.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Host/MacOSX/Version", "Host/OS");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version");
if (!os)
{
  os = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/OS");
  if ("Mac OS X" >!< os) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X");

  c = get_kb_item("Host/OS/Confidence");
  if (c <= 70) exit(1, "Can't determine the host's OS with sufficient confidence.");
}
if (!os) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X");

match = eregmatch(pattern:"Mac OS X ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+)", string:os);
if (isnull(match)) exit(1, "Failed to parse the Mac OS X version ('" + os + "').");

version = match[1];
if (!ereg(pattern:"^10\.10([^0-9]|$)", string:version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X 10.10", "Mac OS X "+version);

fixed_version = "10.10.4";
if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed_version, strict:FALSE) == -1)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0)
    {
      report = '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
               '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fixed_version +
               '\n';
      security_hole(port:0, extra:report);
    }
    else security_hole(0);
    exit(0);
}
else exit(0, "The host is not affected since it is running Mac OS X "+version+".");
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SECUPDEFI2015-001.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Mac OS X host is running EFI firmware that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An insufficient locking issue exists, when resuming from sleep states, which allows a local attacker to write to the EFI flash memory by using an crafted application with root privileges. (CVE-2015-3692) - A flaw exists due to lax restrictions on memory refresh rates, which allows a specially crafted process to corrupt the memory of some DDR3 SDRAM devices by inducing bit flips in page table entries (PTEs), also known as a
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id84565
    published2015-07-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/84565
    titleMac OS X Multiple EFI Vulnerabilities (EFI Security Update 2015-001)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SECUPD2015-005.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.8.5 or 10.9.5 that is missing Security Update 2015-005. It is, therefore, affected multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - Admin Framework - afpserver - apache - AppleFSCompression - AppleGraphicsControl - AppleThunderboltEDMService - ATS - Bluetooth - Certificate Trust Policy - CFNetwork HTTPAuthentication - CoreText - coreTLS - DiskImages - Display Drivers - EFI - FontParser - Graphics Driver - ImageIO - Install Framework Legacy - Intel Graphics Driver - IOAcceleratorFamily - IOFireWireFamily - Kernel - kext tools - Mail - ntfs - ntp - OpenSSL - QuickTime - Security - Spotlight - SQLite - System Stats - TrueTypeScaler - zip Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id84489
    published2015-07-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/84489
    titleMac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2015-005) (GHOST) (Logjam)

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