Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-4283 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apple mac OS X
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed with improved input validation. This issue affected versions prior to macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Overread Buffers An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.
Nessus
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_SECUPD2018-004.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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 111136 published 2018-07-17 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/111136 title macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-004) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(111136); script_version("1.8"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/06/19 15:17:43"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2017-0898", "CVE-2017-10784", "CVE-2017-14033", "CVE-2017-14064", "CVE-2017-17405", "CVE-2017-17742", "CVE-2018-3665", "CVE-2018-4178", "CVE-2018-4248", "CVE-2018-4259", "CVE-2018-4268", "CVE-2018-4269", "CVE-2018-4276", "CVE-2018-4277", "CVE-2018-4280", "CVE-2018-4283", "CVE-2018-4285", "CVE-2018-4286", "CVE-2018-4287", "CVE-2018-4288", "CVE-2018-4289", "CVE-2018-4291", "CVE-2018-4293", "CVE-2018-5383", "CVE-2018-6797", "CVE-2018-6913", "CVE-2018-6914", "CVE-2018-8777", "CVE-2018-8778", "CVE-2018-8779", "CVE-2018-8780" ); script_bugtraq_id( 100853, 100862, 100868, 100890, 102204, 103683, 103684, 103686, 103693, 103739, 103767, 103953, 104460, 104844, 104879 ); script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2018-7-9-4"); script_name(english:"macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-004)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of Security Update 2018-004."); 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. 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NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOS_10_13_6.NASL description The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 10.13.x prior to 10.13.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. 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 111137 published 2018-07-17 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/111137 title macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(111137); script_version("1.8"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/06/19 15:17:43"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2017-0898", "CVE-2017-10784", "CVE-2017-14033", "CVE-2017-14064", "CVE-2017-17405", "CVE-2017-17742", "CVE-2018-3665", "CVE-2018-4178", "CVE-2018-4248", "CVE-2018-4259", "CVE-2018-4268", "CVE-2018-4269", "CVE-2018-4276", "CVE-2018-4277", "CVE-2018-4280", "CVE-2018-4283", "CVE-2018-4285", "CVE-2018-4286", "CVE-2018-4287", "CVE-2018-4288", "CVE-2018-4289", "CVE-2018-4291", "CVE-2018-4293", "CVE-2018-4456", "CVE-2018-4470", "CVE-2018-5383", "CVE-2018-6797", "CVE-2018-6913", "CVE-2018-6914", "CVE-2018-8777", "CVE-2018-8778", "CVE-2018-8779", "CVE-2018-8780" ); script_bugtraq_id( 100853, 100862, 100868, 100890, 102204, 103683, 103684, 103686, 103693, 103739, 103767, 103953, 104460, 104844, 106779 ); script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2018-7-9-4"); script_name(english:"macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.6 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 10.13.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. 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/HT208937"); # https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2018/Jul/msg00005.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?981755ca"); # https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2018/Jul/msg00008.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9f04312a"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to macOS version 10.13.6 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-2018-4259"); 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:"2018/07/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/07/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/07/17"); 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]; fix = "10.13.6"; if (version !~"^10\.13($|[^0-9])") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "macOS 10.13.x"); if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) == -1) { security_report_v4( port:0, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, extra: '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : ' + fix + '\n' ); } else audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "macOS / Mac OS X", version);