macOS < 10.14.3 / iOS < 12.1.3 - Arbitrary mach Port Name Deallocation in XPC Services due to

/ xpcserializerunpack in libxpc parses mach messages which contain xpc messages. There are two reasons for an xpc mach message to contain descriptors: if the message body is large, then it's sent as a MACHMSGOOLDESCRIPTOR. Also if the message contains other port resources eg memory entry ports th...

macOS 10.13.2 - Double mach_port_deallocate in kextd due to Failure to Comply with MIG Ownership Rul

Exploit for macOS platform in category dos / poc Here's a kextd method exposed via MIG com.apple.KernelExtensionServer kernreturnt kextmanagerunlockkextload machportt server, machportt client kernreturnt migresult = KERNFAILURE; if gClientUID != 0 OSKextLog/ kext / NULL, kOSKextLogErrorLevel |...

Apple macOS 10.13.2 - Double mach_port_deallocate in kextd due to Failure to Comply with MIG Ownership Rules

Apple macOS 10.13.2 - Double machportdeallocate in kextd due to Failure to Comply with MIG Ownership Rules Here's a kextd method exposed via MIG com.apple.KernelExtensionServer kernreturnt kextmanagerunlockkextload machportt server, machportt client kernreturnt migresult = KERNFAILURE; if...

Apple macOS 10.12.1 iOS 10.2 - syslogd Arbitrary Port Replacement

Apple macOS 10.12.1 iOS 10.2 - syslogd Arbitrary Port Replacement / Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=977 syslogd running as root hosts the com.apple.system.logger mach service. It's part of the system.sb sandbox profile and so reachable from a lot of sandboxed...

Apple macOS &lt; 10.12.2 / iOS &lt; 10.2 - Broken Kernel Mach Port Name uref Handling Privileged Port Name Replacement Privilege Escalation

/ Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=959 Proofs of Concept: https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/40957.zip When sending and receiving mach messages from userspace there are two important kernel objects; ipcentry and...