Advisory Details

October 31st, 2019

Apple macOS AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext Untrusted Pointer Dereference Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ZDI-19-934
ZDI-CAN-8828

CVE ID CVE-2019-8755, CVE-2019-8758
CVSS SCORE 7.8, AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS macOS
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Apple macOS. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the kernel.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2019-06-28 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2019-10-31 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Lilang Wu and Moony Li of TrendMicro Mobile Security Research Team
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