Advisory Details

March 26th, 2019

Apple macOS AMDRadeonX4000 Out-Of-Bounds Read Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ZDI-19-289
ZDI-CAN-7604

CVE ID CVE-2019-8519
CVSS SCORE 5.5, AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS macOS
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Apple macOS. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the AMDRadeonX4000 kernel extension. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to escalate privileges in the context of the kernel.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209600
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2018-11-27 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2019-03-26 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT juwei lin(@panicaII), junzhi lu of TrendMicro Research
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