CVE-2015-3718 - Hyperphysical Connection

Description

systemstatsd in the System Stats subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.10.4 does not properly interpret data types encountered in interprocess communication which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with systemstatsd privileges via a crafted app related to a \type confusion\ issue.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75493 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032760