Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-4155 - Race Condition vulnerability in Apple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH 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 the "CoreFoundation" component. A race condition allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Leveraging Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
- Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.
Nessus
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOS_10_13_4.NASL description 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 108786 published 2018-04-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108786 title macOS 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 family Misc. NASL id APPLETV_11_3.NASL description According 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 109060 published 2018-04-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109060 title Apple TV < 11.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_SECUPD2018-002.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 : - ATS - CFNetwork Session - CoreFoundation - CoreTypes - curl - Disk Images - iCloud Drive - Kernel - kext tools - LaunchServices - PluginKit - Security - Storage - Terminal last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 108787 published 2018-04-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108787 title macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-002)