Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-4115 - Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in Apple products

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
apple
CWE-281
nessus

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. tvOS before 11.3 is affected. watchOS before 4.3 is affected. The issue involves CFPreferences in the "System Preferences" component. It allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging incorrect configuration-profile persistence.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
364

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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 familyMisc.
    NASL idAPPLETV_11_3.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its banner, the version of Apple TV on the remote device is prior to 11.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as described in the HT208698 security advisory. Note that only 4th and 5th generation models are affected by these vulnerabilities.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109060
    published2018-04-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109060
    titleApple TV < 11.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities