Vulnerability · Published Nov 25, 2024 · Assigned by Pentraze
CVE-2024-7915macOS Sensei Mac Cleaner Local Privilege Escalation via PID Reuse - Race Condition Attack
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity incorrect authorization in Sensei Mac Cleaner from Sensei. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The application Sensei Mac Cleaner contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability, allowing an attacker to perform multiple operations as the root user. These operations include arbitrary file deletion and writing, loading and unloading daemons, manipulating file permissions, and loading extensions, among other actions. The vulnerable module org.cindori.SenseiHelper can be contacted via XPC. While the module performs client validation, it relies on the client's PID obtained through the public processIdentifier property of the NSXPCConnection class. This approach makes the module susceptible to a PID Reuse Attack, enabling an attacker to impersonate a legitimate client and send crafted XPC messages to invoke arbitrary methods exposed by the HelperProtocol interface.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Sensei | Sensei Mac Cleaner | 0 – through 1.5.10 (110) |
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H