SB2014070107 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apple MAC OS X



SB2014070107 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apple MAC OS X

Published: July 1, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014070107
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1378)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

IOGraphicsFamily in Apple OS X before 10.9.4 allows local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by leveraging read access to a kernel pointer in an IOKit object.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.