CVE-2015-1117 Information

Description

The (1) setreuid and (2) setregid system-call implementations in the kernel in Apple iOS before 8.3 Apple OS X before 10.10.3 and Apple TV before 7.2 do not properly perform privilege drops which makes it easier for attackers to execute code with unintended user or group privileges via a crafted app.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00003.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048 https://support.apple.com/HT204659 https://support.apple.com/HT204661 https://support.apple.com/HT204662 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204870