Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-6989 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.2 is affected. tvOS before 10.2.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.2.2 is affected. The issue involves the "AVEVideoEncoder" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.
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.
Exploit-Db
| description | Apple iOS < 10.3.1 - Kernel Exploit. CVE-2017-6979,CVE-2017-6989,CVE-2017-6994,CVE-2017-6995,CVE-2017-6996,CVE-2017-6997,CVE-2017-6998,CVE-2017-6999. Loca... |
| file | exploits/ios/local/42555.txt |
| id | EDB-ID:42555 |
| last seen | 2017-08-28 |
| modified | 2017-08-26 |
| platform | ios |
| port | |
| published | 2017-08-26 |
| reporter | Exploit-DB |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/42555/ |
| title | Apple iOS < 10.3.1 - Kernel Exploit |
| type | local |
Nessus
| NASL family | Misc. |
| NASL id | APPLETV_10_2_1.NASL |
| description | According to its banner, the version of Apple TV on the remote device is prior to 10.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A memory corruption issue exists in the WebKit Web Inspector component that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2499) - An unspecified race condition exists in the Kernel component that allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with kernel-level privileges. (CVE-2017-2501) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the CoreAudio component due to improper sanitization of certain input. A local attacker can exploit this to read the contents of restricted memory. (CVE-2017-2502) - A universal cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in WebKit due to a logic flaw when handling WebKit Editor commands. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted web page, to execute arbitrary script code in a user |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 100256 |
| published | 2017-05-17 |
| 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/100256 |
| title | Apple TV < 10.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities |
| code | |