CVE-2010-3830
iPhone OS < 4.1 - Privilege Escalation via Packet Filter Rule Processing
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2010-3830. PoCs published by Apple.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Apple iOS by manipulating the `overload_tbl` field in the `DIOCADDRULE` ioctl handler to decrement arbitrary kernel memory, ultimately overwriting a syscall handler to achieve root privileges.
Description
Networking in Apple iOS before 4.2 accesses an invalid pointer during the processing of packet filter rules, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Apple iOS by manipulating the `overload_tbl` field in the `DIOCADDRULE` ioctl handler to decrement arbitrary kernel memory, ultimately overwriting a syscall handler to achieve root privileges.