Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2014-8820 is a local privilege escalation issue in Apple OS X Intel Graphics Driver before OS X 10.10.2. A person or process already able to run locally could potentially gain higher privileges. The public record gives little technical detail and does not show active exploitation. Exposure is most likely limited to legacy Mac systems still running OS X versions earlier than 10.10.2. Modern managed fleets should mainly treat this as a legacy asset and exception-management issue. Treat this as a moderate legacy-risk item. It is not presented as actively exploited, but unpatched Macs could let an existing local foothold become administrator-level access. Mitigation focus: Inventory Mac endpoints for OS X versions earlier than 10.10.2.; Upgrade affected systems to OS X 10.10.2 or later per Apple guidance.; Retire or isolate systems that cannot be upgraded..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- macosx-cve20148820-priv-esc(100501)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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