Today a local privilege escalation vulnerability was disclosed in this blog post. It describes a vulnerability in IOBluetoothFamily kernel extension (IOKit is a never-ending hole of security vulnerabilities).
Mavericks and most probably all previous versions are vulnerable but not Yosemite.
The reason for this is that Apple silently patched the bug in Yosemite. This is not a new practice, where Apple patches bugs in the latest and newly released OS X version and doesn’t care about older versions.
Print
Share
Comment
Cite
Upload
Translate
APA
() » Patching what Apple doesn’t want to or how to make your “old” OS X versions a bit safer. Retrieved from https://www.truth.cx/2014/10/31/patching-what-apple-doesnt-want-to-or-how-to-make-your-old-os-x-versions-a-bit-safer/.
MLA" » Patching what Apple doesn’t want to or how to make your “old” OS X versions a bit safer." - , https://www.truth.cx/2014/10/31/patching-what-apple-doesnt-want-to-or-how-to-make-your-old-os-x-versions-a-bit-safer/
HARVARD » Patching what Apple doesn’t want to or how to make your “old” OS X versions a bit safer., viewed ,
VANCOUVER - » Patching what Apple doesn’t want to or how to make your “old” OS X versions a bit safer. [Internet]. [Accessed ]. Available from: https://www.truth.cx/2014/10/31/patching-what-apple-doesnt-want-to-or-how-to-make-your-old-os-x-versions-a-bit-safer/
CHICAGO" » Patching what Apple doesn’t want to or how to make your “old” OS X versions a bit safer." - Accessed . https://www.truth.cx/2014/10/31/patching-what-apple-doesnt-want-to-or-how-to-make-your-old-os-x-versions-a-bit-safer/
IEEE" » Patching what Apple doesn’t want to or how to make your “old” OS X versions a bit safer." [Online]. Available: https://www.truth.cx/2014/10/31/patching-what-apple-doesnt-want-to-or-how-to-make-your-old-os-x-versions-a-bit-safer/. [Accessed: ]