Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2013-3952

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2013-3952

Published: June 5, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42808
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3952
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
macOS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

The fill_pipeinfo function in bsd/kern/sys_pipe.c in the XNU kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.8.x allows local users to defeat the KASLR protection mechanism via the PROC_PIDFDPIPEINFO option to the proc_info system call for a kernel pipe handle.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-3952

Install update from vendor's website.

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