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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVE-2014-8831

Medium
5/10

Summary

security_taskgate in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows attackers to read group-ACL-restricted keychain items of arbitrary apps via a crafted app with a signature from a (1) self-signed certificate or (2) Developer ID certificate.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-264 - Permissions Privileges and Access Controls

CWE 264 (permissions, privileges, and access controls) is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features used to perform access control. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category allow attackers to gain privileges for an unintended sphere of control, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published