CVE-2015-1140

7.2

HIGH

Apple IOHIDFamily Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation

Description

Buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

April 10, 2015, 2:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 31, 2019, 7:39 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9 Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-1140 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-1140 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID	Vendor	Product	Action
1	Apple	mac_os_x

: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-1140.

URL	Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73982	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.apple.com/HT204659	Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

shaveKevin/iOSSafetyLearning

SafetyLearning

Updated: 5 years, 2 months ago

1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : June 28, 2019, 3:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

pandazheng/Mac-IOS-Security

Mac&IOS安全学习资料汇总

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

706 stars 216 fork 216 watcher

Born at : Sept. 22, 2015, 5:08 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

kpwn/vpwn

xnu local privilege escalation via cve-2015-1140 IOHIDSecurePromptClient injectStringGated heap overflow | poc||gtfo

C Objective-C Makefile

Updated: 2 weeks ago

69 stars 23 fork 23 watcher

Born at : March 16, 2015, 3:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-1140 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-1140 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

CVE Modified by [email protected]

May. 14, 2024

Action Type Old Value New Value

Reanalysis by [email protected]

Jan. 31, 2019

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73982 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73982 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::* versions up to (including) 10.8.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::* versions up to (including) 10.9.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::* versions up to (including) 10.10.2	OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 10.10.3

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Apr. 30, 2015

Action Type Old Value New Value

Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73982
CVE Modified by [email protected]

Apr. 15, 2015

Action Type Old Value New Value

Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73982

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048

Modified Analysis by [email protected]

Apr. 13, 2015

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.10.2::::::: (and previous) cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.9.5::::::: (and previous) cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.5::::::: (and previous)
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Changed	Reference Type	https://support.apple.com/HT204659 No Types Assigned	https://support.apple.com/HT204659 Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html Advisory
Added	CWE		CWE-119

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

Apr. 10, 2015

Action Type Old Value New Value

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-1140 is associated with the following CWEs:

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-1140 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

CVE-2015-1140

Apple IOHIDFamily Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation

Description

INFO

April 10, 2015, 2:59 p.m.

Jan. 31, 2019, 7:39 p.m.

[email protected]

No

10.0

3.9

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

Affected Products

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

shaveKevin/iOSSafetyLearning

pandazheng/Mac-IOS-Security

kpwn/vpwn

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Reanalysis by [email protected]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Modified Analysis by [email protected]

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

0.26 }} -0.14%

0.66702

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System

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