Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-4106 - Injection vulnerability in Apple mac OS X

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
apple
CWE-74
nessus
NVD
Published: 2018-04-03
Updated: 2020-08-24

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the Bracketed Paste Mode of the "Terminal" component. It allows user-assisted attackers to inject arbitrary commands within pasted content.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
135

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.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.
  • 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.

Nessus

  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOS_10_13_4.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 10.13.x prior to 10.13.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - Admin Framework - APFS - ATS - CoreFoundation - CoreText - Disk Images - Disk Management - File System Events - iCloud Drive - Intel Graphics Driver - IOFireWireFamily - Kernel - kext tools - LaunchServices - Mail - Notes - NSURLSession - NVIDIA Graphics Drivers - PDFKit - PluginKit - Quick Look - Security - Storage - System Preferences - Terminal - WindowServer Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id108786
    published2018-04-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108786
    titlemacOS 10.13.x < 10.13.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(108786);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/06/19 15:17:43");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2017-13080",
    "CVE-2017-13890",
    "CVE-2017-13911",
    "CVE-2017-15412",
    "CVE-2017-7151",
    "CVE-2018-4104",
    "CVE-2018-4105",
    "CVE-2018-4106",
    "CVE-2018-4107",
    "CVE-2018-4108",
    "CVE-2018-4111",
    "CVE-2018-4112",
    "CVE-2018-4115",
    "CVE-2018-4131",
    "CVE-2018-4132",
    "CVE-2018-4135",
    "CVE-2018-4136",
    "CVE-2018-4138",
    "CVE-2018-4139",
    "CVE-2018-4142",
    "CVE-2018-4143",
    "CVE-2018-4144",
    "CVE-2018-4150",
    "CVE-2018-4151",
    "CVE-2018-4152",
    "CVE-2018-4154",
    "CVE-2018-4155",
    "CVE-2018-4156",
    "CVE-2018-4157",
    "CVE-2018-4158",
    "CVE-2018-4160",
    "CVE-2018-4167",
    "CVE-2018-4170",
    "CVE-2018-4173",
    "CVE-2018-4174",
    "CVE-2018-4175",
    "CVE-2018-4176",
    "CVE-2018-4179",
    "CVE-2018-4185",
    "CVE-2018-4187",
    "CVE-2018-4298"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(
    101274,
    102098,
    103579,
    103581,
    103582,
    103958,
    104223
  );
  script_name(english:"macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.4 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 macOS / Mac OS X that is
10.13.x prior to 10.13.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - Admin Framework
  - APFS
  - ATS
  - CoreFoundation
  - CoreText
  - Disk Images
  - Disk Management
  - File System Events
  - iCloud Drive
  - Intel Graphics Driver
  - IOFireWireFamily
  - Kernel
  - kext tools
  - LaunchServices
  - Mail
  - Notes
  - NSURLSession
  - NVIDIA Graphics Drivers
  - PDFKit
  - PluginKit
  - Quick Look
  - Security
  - Storage
  - System Preferences
  - Terminal
  - WindowServer

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/HT208692");
  # https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2018/Mar/msg00004.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e0e00f71");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to macOS version 10.13.4 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-4298");
  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:"2018/03/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/03/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/04/02");

  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_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 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 = "10.13.4";

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

if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:'10.13.4', 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);
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SECUPD2018-002.NASL
    descriptionThe 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 : - ATS - CFNetwork Session - CoreFoundation - CoreTypes - curl - Disk Images - iCloud Drive - Kernel - kext tools - LaunchServices - PluginKit - Security - Storage - Terminal
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id108787
    published2018-04-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108787
    titlemacOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-002)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(108787);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/06/19 15:17:43");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2017-13890",
    "CVE-2017-13911",
    "CVE-2017-15412",
    "CVE-2017-7151",
    "CVE-2017-8816",
    "CVE-2018-4104",
    "CVE-2018-4106",
    "CVE-2018-4108",
    "CVE-2018-4112",
    "CVE-2018-4131",
    "CVE-2018-4136",
    "CVE-2018-4139",
    "CVE-2018-4144",
    "CVE-2018-4150",
    "CVE-2018-4151",
    "CVE-2018-4154",
    "CVE-2018-4155",
    "CVE-2018-4156",
    "CVE-2018-4158",
    "CVE-2018-4175",
    "CVE-2018-4176"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(
    101998,
    102098,
    103579,
    103581,
    103582
  );
  script_name(english:"macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-002)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of Security Update 2018-002.");

  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. It is therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities affecting the following components :

  - ATS
  - CFNetwork Session
  - CoreFoundation
  - CoreTypes
  - curl
  - Disk Images
  - iCloud Drive
  - Kernel
  - kext tools
  - LaunchServices
  - PluginKit
  - Security
  - Storage
  - Terminal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208692");
  # https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2018/Mar/msg00004.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e0e00f71");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Install Security Update 2018-002 or later for 10.11.x or
Security Update 2018-002 or later for 10.12.x.");
  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_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:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-13911");
  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:"2018/03/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/03/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/04/02");

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

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MacOSX/Version", "Host/MacOSX/packages/boms");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

# Compare 2 patch numbers to determine if patch requirements are satisfied.
# Return true if this patch or a later patch is applied
# Return false otherwise
function check_patch(year, number)
{
  local_var p_split = split(patch, sep:"-");
  local_var p_year  = int( p_split[0]);
  local_var p_num   = int( p_split[1]);

  if (year >  p_year) return TRUE;
  else if (year <  p_year) return FALSE;
  else if (number >=  p_num) return TRUE;
  else return FALSE;
}

get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/local_checks_enabled");
os = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/MacOSX/Version");

if (!preg(pattern:"Mac OS X 10\.(11\.6|12\.6)([^0-9]|$)", string:os))
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X 10.11.6 or Mac OS X 10.12.6");

if ("10.11.6" >< os)
  patch = "2018-002";
else
  patch = "2018-002";

packages = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/MacOSX/packages/boms", exit_code:1);
sec_boms_report = pgrep(
  pattern:"^com\.apple\.pkg\.update\.(security\.|os\.SecUpd).*bom$",
  string:packages
);
sec_boms = split(sec_boms_report, sep:'\n');

foreach package (sec_boms)
{
  # Grab patch year and number
  matches = pregmatch(pattern:"[^0-9](20[0-9][0-9])[-.]([0-9]{3})[^0-9]", string:package);
  if (empty_or_null(matches)) continue;
  if (empty_or_null(matches[1]) || empty_or_null(matches[2]))
    continue;

  patch_found = check_patch(year:int(matches[1]), number:int(matches[2]));
  if (patch_found) exit(0, "The host has Security Update " + patch + " or later installed and is therefore not affected.");
}

report =  '\n  Missing security update : ' + patch;
report += '\n  Installed security BOMs : ';
if (sec_boms_report) report += str_replace(find:'\n', replace:'\n                            ', string:sec_boms_report);
else report += 'n/a';
report += '\n';

security_report_v4(port:0, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, extra:report);

References