Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-4434 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apple mac OS X

047910
CVSS 6.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
apple
CWE-125
nessus

Summary

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue affected versions prior to macOS Mojave 10.14.2.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
117

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 familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOS_10_14_2.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 10.14.x prior to 10.14.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities related to the following components : - Airport - AMD - Carbon Core - Disk Images - Intel Graphics Driver - Kernel - WindowServer Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id119841
published2018-12-21
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119841
titlemacOS 10.14.x < 10.14.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(119841);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/31 15:18:51");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2018-4303",
    "CVE-2018-4431",
    "CVE-2018-4434",
    "CVE-2018-4435",
    "CVE-2018-4447",
    "CVE-2018-4449",
    "CVE-2018-4450",
    "CVE-2018-4460",
    "CVE-2018-4461",
    "CVE-2018-4462",
    "CVE-2018-4463",
    "CVE-2018-4465"
  );
  script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2018-12-05-2");

  script_name(english:"macOS 10.14.x < 10.14.2 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
10.14.x prior to 10.14.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities related to the following components :

  - Airport
  - AMD
  - Carbon Core
  - Disk Images
  - Intel Graphics Driver
  - Kernel
  - 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/HT209341");
  # https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2018/Dec/msg00001.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9fcc92ca");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to macOS version 10.14.2 or later.");
  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-2018-4465");

  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:"2018/12/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/12/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/12/21");

  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");


fix = "10.14.2";
minver = "10.14";

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];

if (ver_compare(ver:version, minver:minver, 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);