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Apple Mac OS X Predefined Sandbox Profiles Security Bypass Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The host is installed with Apple Mac OS X operating system and is prone to a sandbox profiles security bypass vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The kSBXProfileNoNetwork and kSBXProfileNoInternet sandbox profiles fails to propagate restrictions to all created processes, which allows remote attackers to access network resources via apple events to invoke the execution of other applications not directly restricted by the sandbox.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Apple Mac OS X version 10.5.x through 10.7.2.
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.