VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2024-8272

This lack of proper validation allows unauthorized clients to exploit the service's methods and escalate privileges to root.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.15%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The com.uaudio.bsd.helper service, responsible for handling privileged operations, fails to implement critical client validation during XPC inter-process communication (IPC). Specifically, the service does not verify the code requirements, entitlements, or security flags of any client attempting to establish a connection. This lack of proper validation allows unauthorized clients to exploit the service's methods and escalate privileges to root.

CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.15% probability · 5th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-862
Source: 41c37e40-543d-43a2-b660-2fee83ea851a

References

https://pentraze.com/vulnerability-reports

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.