Description
The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, tvOS before 9.1, and watchOS before 2.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7083.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- Apple Mac OSX / iOS - Unsandboxable Kernel Code Exection Due to iokit Double Release in IOKit EDB-39357 · dos · Jan 28, 2016 · verified
- Apple Mac OSX / iOS Kernel - iokit Registry Iterator Manipulation Double-Free EDB-39366 · dos · Jan 28, 2016 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT205635
- https://support.apple.com/HT205637
- 1034344 vdb-entry
- APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-4 vendor-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3 vendor-advisory
- 39357 exploit
- 78719 vdb-entry
- 39366 exploit
- APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-1 vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205641
- https://support.apple.com/HT205640
- APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-2 vendor-advisory