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CVE-2024-8272 (GCVE-0-2024-8272)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-25 17:52 – Updated: 2024-11-25 18:42
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Audio | UAConnect |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.7.0
(semver)
|
Credits
Carlos Garrido of Pentraze Cybersecurity
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