CVE-2014-4492
libnetcore in Apple iOS before 8.1.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.0.3 does not verify that certain values have the…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 19.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
libnetcore in Apple iOS before 8.1.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.0.3 does not verify that certain values have the expected data type, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in an _networkd context via a crafted XPC message from a sandboxed app, as demonstrated by lack of verification of the XPC dictionary data type.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apple Mac OSX networkd - 'effective_audit_token' XPC Type Confusion Sandbox Escape (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35847local, osxpublished 20 Jan 2015Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 35847 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 19.7% · top 2.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134393/Mac-OS-X-Networkd-XPC-Type-Confusion-Sandbox-Escape.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=92 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 114862 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/HT204245 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/HT204246 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35847 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-4419 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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