Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-13821 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Apple mac OS X
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the "CFString" component. It allows attackers to bypass intended memory-read restrictions via a crafted app.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Subverting Environment Variable Values The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
- Footprinting An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
- Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible) An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
- Browser Fingerprinting An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
- Session Credential Falsification through Prediction This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.
Nessus
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_SECUPD2017-004.NASL description The remote host is running Mac OS X 10.11.6 or Mac OS X 10.12.6 and is missing a security update. It is therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities affecting the following components : - 802.1X - apache - AppleScript - ATS - Audio - CFString - CoreText - curl - Dictionary Widget - file - Fonts - fsck_msdos - HFS - Heimdal - HelpViewer - ImageIO - Kernel - libarchive - Open Scripting Architecture - PCRE - Postfix - Quick Look - QuickTime - Remote Management - Sandbox - StreamingZip - tcpdump - Wi-Fi last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 104379 published 2017-11-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104379 title macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2017-001 and 2017-004) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(104379); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/06/19 15:17:43"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2016-0736", "CVE-2016-2161", "CVE-2016-4736", "CVE-2016-5387", "CVE-2016-8740", "CVE-2016-8743", "CVE-2017-1000100", "CVE-2017-1000101", "CVE-2017-10140", "CVE-2017-11103", "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-2017-13782", "CVE-2017-13799", "CVE-2017-13801", "CVE-2017-13804", "CVE-2017-13807", "CVE-2017-13808", "CVE-2017-13809", "CVE-2017-13810", "CVE-2017-13811", "CVE-2017-13812", "CVE-2017-13813", "CVE-2017-13814", "CVE-2017-13815", "CVE-2017-13817", "CVE-2017-13818", "CVE-2017-13819", "CVE-2017-13820", "CVE-2017-13821", "CVE-2017-13822", "CVE-2017-13823", "CVE-2017-13824", "CVE-2017-13825", "CVE-2017-13828", "CVE-2017-13829", "CVE-2017-13830", "CVE-2017-13831", "CVE-2017-13833", "CVE-2017-13834", "CVE-2017-13836", "CVE-2017-13838", "CVE-2017-13840", "CVE-2017-13841", "CVE-2017-13842", "CVE-2017-13843", "CVE-2017-13846", "CVE-2017-13906", "CVE-2017-13908", "CVE-2017-3167", "CVE-2017-3169", "CVE-2017-5130", "CVE-2017-5969", "CVE-2017-7132", "CVE-2017-7150", "CVE-2017-7170", "CVE-2017-7376", "CVE-2017-7659", "CVE-2017-7668", "CVE-2017-7679", "CVE-2017-9049", "CVE-2017-9050", "CVE-2017-9788", "CVE-2017-9789" ); script_bugtraq_id( 100249, 100286, 100913, 100914, 101177, 101274, 101482, 102100, 91816, 93055, 94650, 95076, 95077, 95078, 96188, 98568, 98601, 98877, 99132, 99134, 99135, 99137, 99170, 99551, 99568, 99569, 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 and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2017-001 and 2017-004)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of Security Update 2017-004."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote host is missing a macOS or Mac OS X security update that fixes multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is running Mac OS X 10.11.6 or Mac OS X 10.12.6 and is missing a security update. 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It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - apache - AppSandbox - AppleScript - Application Firewall - ATS - Audio - CFNetwork - CFNetwork Proxies - CFString - Captive Network Assistant - CoreAudio - CoreText - DesktopServices - Directory Utility - file - Fonts - fsck_msdos - HFS - Heimdal - HelpViewer - IOFireWireFamily - ImageIO - Installer - Kernel - kext tools - libarchive - libc - libexpat - Mail - Mail Drafts - ntp - Open Scripting Architecture - PCRE - Postfix - Quick Look - QuickTime - Remote Management - SQLite - Sandbox - Screen Lock - Security - Spotlight - WebKit - zlib Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 103598 published 2017-10-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/103598 title macOS < 10.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(103598); script_version("1.9"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/14 1:59:37"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2016-0736", "CVE-2016-2161", "CVE-2016-4736", "CVE-2016-5387", "CVE-2016-8740", "CVE-2016-8743", "CVE-2016-9042", "CVE-2016-9063", "CVE-2016-9840", "CVE-2016-9841", "CVE-2016-9842", "CVE-2016-9843", "CVE-2017-0381", "CVE-2017-3167", "CVE-2017-3169", "CVE-2017-6451", "CVE-2017-6452", "CVE-2017-6455", "CVE-2017-6458", "CVE-2017-6459", "CVE-2017-6460", "CVE-2017-6462", "CVE-2017-6463", "CVE-2017-6464", "CVE-2017-7074", "CVE-2017-7077", "CVE-2017-7078", "CVE-2017-7080", "CVE-2017-7082", "CVE-2017-7083", "CVE-2017-7084", "CVE-2017-7086", "CVE-2017-7114", "CVE-2017-7119", "CVE-2017-7121", "CVE-2017-7122", "CVE-2017-7123", "CVE-2017-7124", "CVE-2017-7125", "CVE-2017-7126", "CVE-2017-7127", "CVE-2017-7128", "CVE-2017-7129", "CVE-2017-7130", "CVE-2017-7132", "CVE-2017-7138", "CVE-2017-7141", "CVE-2017-7143", "CVE-2017-7144", "CVE-2017-7149", "CVE-2017-7150", "CVE-2017-7659", "CVE-2017-7668", "CVE-2017-7679", "CVE-2017-9233", "CVE-2017-9788", "CVE-2017-9789", "CVE-2017-10140", "CVE-2017-10989", "CVE-2017-11103", "CVE-2017-13782", "CVE-2017-13807", "CVE-2017-13808", "CVE-2017-13809", "CVE-2017-13810", "CVE-2017-13811", "CVE-2017-13812", "CVE-2017-13813", "CVE-2017-13814", "CVE-2017-13815", "CVE-2017-13816", "CVE-2017-13817", "CVE-2017-13818", "CVE-2017-13819", "CVE-2017-13820", "CVE-2017-13821", "CVE-2017-13822", "CVE-2017-13823", "CVE-2017-13824", "CVE-2017-13825", "CVE-2017-13827", "CVE-2017-13828", "CVE-2017-13829", "CVE-2017-13830", "CVE-2017-13831", "CVE-2017-13832", "CVE-2017-13833", "CVE-2017-13834", "CVE-2017-13836", "CVE-2017-13837", "CVE-2017-13838", "CVE-2017-13839", "CVE-2017-13840", "CVE-2017-13841", "CVE-2017-13842", "CVE-2017-13843", "CVE-2017-13846", "CVE-2017-13850", "CVE-2017-13851", "CVE-2017-13853", "CVE-2017-13854", "CVE-2017-13873", "CVE-2017-1000373" ); script_bugtraq_id( 91816, 93055, 94337, 94650, 95076, 95077, 95078, 95131, 95248, 97045, 97046, 97049, 97050, 97051, 97052, 97058, 97074, 97076, 97078, 97201, 99132, 99134, 99135, 99137, 99170, 99177, 99276, 99502, 99551, 99568, 99569, 100987, 100990, 100991, 100992, 100993, 100999, 102100 ); script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2017-09-25-1"); script_name(english:"macOS < 10.13 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 prior to 10.10.5, 10.11.x prior to 10.11.6, 10.12.x prior to 10.12.6, or is not macOS 10.13. 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