Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-13786 - Unspecified vulnerability in Apple mac OS X

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
PHYSICAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
low complexity
apple
nessus

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the "APFS" component. It does not properly restrict the DMA mapping time of FileVault decryption buffers, which allows attackers to read cleartext APFS data via a crafted Thunderbolt adapter.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
131

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOS_10_13_1.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is 10.13.x prior to 10.13.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - APFS - curl - Dictionary Widget - Kernel - StreamingZip - tcpdump - Wi-Fi Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id104378
published2017-11-03
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104378
titlemacOS 10.13.x < 10.13.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(104378);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/06/19 15:17:43");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2017-1000100",
    "CVE-2017-1000101",
    "CVE-2017-11108",
    "CVE-2017-11541",
    "CVE-2017-11542",
    "CVE-2017-11543",
    "CVE-2017-12893",
    "CVE-2017-12894",
    "CVE-2017-12895",
    "CVE-2017-12896",
    "CVE-2017-12897",
    "CVE-2017-12898",
    "CVE-2017-12899",
    "CVE-2017-12900",
    "CVE-2017-12901",
    "CVE-2017-12902",
    "CVE-2017-12985",
    "CVE-2017-12986",
    "CVE-2017-12987",
    "CVE-2017-12988",
    "CVE-2017-12989",
    "CVE-2017-12990",
    "CVE-2017-12991",
    "CVE-2017-12992",
    "CVE-2017-12993",
    "CVE-2017-12994",
    "CVE-2017-12995",
    "CVE-2017-12996",
    "CVE-2017-12997",
    "CVE-2017-12998",
    "CVE-2017-12999",
    "CVE-2017-13000",
    "CVE-2017-13001",
    "CVE-2017-13002",
    "CVE-2017-13003",
    "CVE-2017-13004",
    "CVE-2017-13005",
    "CVE-2017-13006",
    "CVE-2017-13007",
    "CVE-2017-13008",
    "CVE-2017-13009",
    "CVE-2017-13010",
    "CVE-2017-13011",
    "CVE-2017-13012",
    "CVE-2017-13013",
    "CVE-2017-13014",
    "CVE-2017-13015",
    "CVE-2017-13016",
    "CVE-2017-13017",
    "CVE-2017-13018",
    "CVE-2017-13019",
    "CVE-2017-13020",
    "CVE-2017-13021",
    "CVE-2017-13022",
    "CVE-2017-13023",
    "CVE-2017-13024",
    "CVE-2017-13025",
    "CVE-2017-13026",
    "CVE-2017-13027",
    "CVE-2017-13028",
    "CVE-2017-13029",
    "CVE-2017-13030",
    "CVE-2017-13031",
    "CVE-2017-13032",
    "CVE-2017-13033",
    "CVE-2017-13034",
    "CVE-2017-13035",
    "CVE-2017-13036",
    "CVE-2017-13037",
    "CVE-2017-13038",
    "CVE-2017-13039",
    "CVE-2017-13040",
    "CVE-2017-13041",
    "CVE-2017-13042",
    "CVE-2017-13043",
    "CVE-2017-13044",
    "CVE-2017-13045",
    "CVE-2017-13046",
    "CVE-2017-13047",
    "CVE-2017-13048",
    "CVE-2017-13049",
    "CVE-2017-13050",
    "CVE-2017-13051",
    "CVE-2017-13052",
    "CVE-2017-13053",
    "CVE-2017-13054",
    "CVE-2017-13055",
    "CVE-2017-13077",
    "CVE-2017-13078",
    "CVE-2017-13080",
    "CVE-2017-13687",
    "CVE-2017-13688",
    "CVE-2017-13689",
    "CVE-2017-13690",
    "CVE-2017-13725",
    "CVE-2017-13786",
    "CVE-2017-13799",
    "CVE-2017-13800",
    "CVE-2017-13801",
    "CVE-2017-13804",
    "CVE-2017-13808",
    "CVE-2017-13811",
    "CVE-2017-13852",
    "CVE-2017-13907",
    "CVE-2017-7170",
    "CVE-2018-4390",
    "CVE-2018-4391"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(
    100249,
    100286,
    100913,
    100914,
    101274,
    99938,
    99939,
    99940,
    99941
  );
  script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2017-10-31-2");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2017-A-0310");

  script_name(english:"macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Mac OS X / macOS.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is missing a macOS update that fixes multiple security
vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is 10.13.x
prior to 10.13.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - APFS
  - curl
  - Dictionary Widget
  - Kernel
  - StreamingZip
  - tcpdump
  - Wi-Fi

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can
result in arbitrary code execution.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208221");
  # https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2017/Oct/msg00001.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3881783e");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to macOS version 10.13.1 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:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-7170");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/07/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/10/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/11/03");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:macos");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  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, "macOS / 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, "macOS / Mac OS X");

matches = pregmatch(pattern:"Mac OS X ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+)", string:os);
if (empty_or_null(matches)) exit(1, "Failed to parse the macOS / Mac OS X version ('" + os + "').");

version = matches[1];
fixed_version = "10.13.1";

if (version !~"^10\.13($|[^0-9])")
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "macOS 10.13.x");

if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:'10.13.1', strict:FALSE) == -1)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port:0,
    severity:SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra:
      '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
      '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fixed_version +
      '\n'
  );
}
else audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "macOS / Mac OS X", version);