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HistoryNov 20, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

Apple macOS nsurlstoraged Integer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

2017-11-2000:00:00
Niklas Baumstark and Samuel Gro
www.zerodayinitiative.com
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0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

65.3%

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable 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 the nsurlstoraged service. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a reference count, which can result in an integer overflow when incrementing it. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges under the context of the current service.

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

65.3%