Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-4174 - Unspecified vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS

047910
CVSS 5.9 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
high complexity
apple
nessus

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read S/MIME encrypted messages by leveraging an inconsistency in the user interface.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
309

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);