SB2014070110 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apple MAC OS X
Published: July 1, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014070110
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1381)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Thunderbolt in Apple OS X before 10.9.4 does not properly restrict IOThunderBoltController API calls, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and application crash) via a crafted call.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.