CVE-2014-8835
The xpc_data_get_bytes function in libxpc in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that a dictionary's Attributes key has the xpc_data…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 8.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The xpc_data_get_bytes function in libxpc in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that a dictionary's Attributes key has the xpc_data data type, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted dictionary to sysmond, related to an "XPC type confusion" issue.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apple Mac OSX 10.9.x - sysmond XPC Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35742local, osxpublished 10 Jan 2015Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 35742 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 3 months later
· 3 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.3% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135701/OS-X-Sysmond-XPC-Type-Confusion-Privilege-Escalation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1031650 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 35742 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=121 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 71992 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- macosx-cve20148835-priv-esc(100530) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2014-8665 (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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