macOS - 'sysctl_vfs_generic_conf' Stack Leak Through Struct Padding

/ The sysctls vfs.generic.conf. are handled by sysctlvfsgenericconf, which is implemented as follows: static int sysctlvfsgenericconf SYSCTLHANDLERARGS int name, namelen; struct vfstable vfsp; struct vfsconf vfsc; voidoidp; name = arg1; namelen = arg2; check for namelen==1 mountlistlock; for vfsp...

Apple macOS 10.13.1 (High Sierra) - Insecure Cron System Local Privilege Escalation

Recently I was working on an security issue in some other software that has yet to be disclosed which created a rather interesting condition. As a non-root user I was able to write to any file on the system that was not SIP-protected but the resulting file would not be root-owned, even if it...

CVE-2017-2535

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Security" component. It allows attackers to conduct sandbox-escape attacks or cause a denial of service resource consumption via a crafted app...

MacOS Personal Wed Sharing DoS

Hello bugtraq readers and Apple Inc. The problem this time is that when File Sharing is set to check PWS logins, on a about 300char password the system freezes. This problem could be bigger, cause Macintosh File sharing passwords cannot be longer than 8 chars and many apps support File Sharing to...