CVE-2015-5882 — Improper Access Control in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control5 documents3 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple IOS 9+3 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 18
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The processor_set_tasks API implementation in Apple iOS before 9 allows local users to bypass an entitlement protection mechanism and obtain access to the task ports of arbitrary processes by leveraging root privileges.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.10.5
▶NVDapple/iphone_os8.4.1
▶Appleapple/ios_9
▶NVDapple/watchos1.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-vcvx-6h5q-fh85: The processor_set_tasks API implementation in Apple iOS before 9 allows local users to bypass an entitlement protection mechanism and obtain access to↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Apple
CVE-2015-5882: OS X El Capitan v10.11↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-5882: iOS 9↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-5882: watchOS 2↗
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