Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-5139 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
The IOSerialFamily driver in Apple iOS before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via a crafted application. Per: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html "Executing a malicious application may result in arbitrary code execution within the kernel"
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_10_9.NASL description The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.x that is prior to version 10.9. The newer version contains multiple security-related fixes for the following components : - Application Firewall - App Sandbox - Bluetooth - CFNetwork - CFNetwork SSL - Console - CoreGraphics - curl - dyld - IOKitUser - IOSerialFamily - Kernel - Kext Management - LaunchServices - Libc - Mail Accounts - Mail Header Display - Mail Networking - OpenLDAP - perl - Power Management - python - ruby - Security - Security - Authorization - Security - Smart Card Services - Screen Lock - Screen Sharing Server - syslog - USB last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 70561 published 2013-10-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70561 title Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(70561); script_version("1.11"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/14 1:59:36"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2011-2391", "CVE-2011-3389", "CVE-2011-3427", "CVE-2011-4944", "CVE-2012-0845", "CVE-2012-0876", "CVE-2012-1150", "CVE-2013-0249", "CVE-2013-1667", "CVE-2013-1944", "CVE-2013-3950", "CVE-2013-3954", "CVE-2013-4073", "CVE-2013-5135", "CVE-2013-5138", "CVE-2013-5139", "CVE-2013-5141", "CVE-2013-5142", "CVE-2013-5145", "CVE-2013-5165", "CVE-2013-5166", "CVE-2013-5167", "CVE-2013-5168", "CVE-2013-5169", "CVE-2013-5170", "CVE-2013-5171", "CVE-2013-5172", "CVE-2013-5173", "CVE-2013-5174", "CVE-2013-5175", "CVE-2013-5176", "CVE-2013-5177", "CVE-2013-5178", "CVE-2013-5179", "CVE-2013-5180", "CVE-2013-5181", "CVE-2013-5182", "CVE-2013-5183", "CVE-2013-5184", "CVE-2013-5185", "CVE-2013-5186", "CVE-2013-5187", "CVE-2013-5188", "CVE-2013-5189", "CVE-2013-5190", "CVE-2013-5191", "CVE-2013-5192", "CVE-2013-5229" ); script_bugtraq_id( 49778, 51239, 51996, 52379, 52732, 57842, 58311, 59058, 60437, 60444, 60843, 62520, 62522, 62523, 62529, 62531, 62536, 63284, 63290, 63311, 63312, 63313, 63314, 63316, 63317, 63319, 63320, 63321, 63322, 63329, 63330, 63331, 63332, 63335, 63336, 63339, 63343, 63344, 63345, 63346, 63347, 63348, 63349, 63350, 63351, 63352, 63353 ); script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3"); script_xref(name:"CERT", value:"864643"); script_name(english:"Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)"); script_summary(english:"Check the version of Mac OS X."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes multiple security vulnerabilities." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.x that is prior to version 10.9. The newer version contains multiple security-related fixes for the following components : - Application Firewall - App Sandbox - Bluetooth - CFNetwork - CFNetwork SSL - Console - CoreGraphics - curl - dyld - IOKitUser - IOSerialFamily - Kernel - Kext Management - LaunchServices - Libc - Mail Accounts - Mail Header Display - Mail Networking - OpenLDAP - perl - Power Management - python - ruby - Security - Security - Authorization - Security - Smart Card Services - Screen Lock - Screen Sharing Server - syslog - USB" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6011"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.imperialviolet.org/2011/09/23/chromeandbeast.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.openssl.org/~bodo/tls-cbc.txt"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.9 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2011/08/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/10/22"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/10/23"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "os_fingerprint.nasl"); script_require_ports("Host/MacOSX/Version", "Host/OS"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version"); if (!os) { os = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/OS"); if ("Mac OS X" >!< os) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X"); c = get_kb_item("Host/OS/Confidence"); if (c <= 70) exit(1, "Can't determine the host's OS with sufficient confidence."); } if (!os) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X"); match = eregmatch(pattern:"Mac OS X (10\.[0-9.]+)", string:os); if (!isnull(match)) { version = match[1]; fixed_version = "10.9"; if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed_version, strict:FALSE) == -1) { if (report_verbosity > 0) { report = '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : ' + fixed_version + '\n'; security_hole(port:0, extra:report); } else security_hole(0); exit(0); } } exit(0, "The host is not affected as it is running "+os+".");NASL family Misc. NASL id APPLETV_6_0.NASL description According to its banner, the remote Apple TV 2nd generation or later device is prior to 6.0. It is, therefore, reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities, the most serious issues of which could result in arbitrary code execution. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 70257 published 2013-10-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70257 title Apple TV < 6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_SECUPD2014-001.NASL description The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.7 or 10.8 that does not have Security Update 2014-001 applied. This update contains several security-related fixes for the following components : - Apache - App Sandbox - ATS - Certificate Trust Policy - CFNetwork Cookies - CoreAnimation - Date and Time - File Bookmark - ImageIO - IOSerialFamily - LaunchServices - NVIDIA Drivers - PHP - QuickLook - QuickTime - Secure Transport Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues could result in arbitrary code execution. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 72688 published 2014-02-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72688 title Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2014-001) (BEAST)