Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-4470 - Unspecified vulnerability in Apple mac OS X

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
apple
nessus

Summary

A privacy issue in the handling of Open Directory records was addressed with improved indexing. This issue affected versions prior to macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
114

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOS_10_13_6.NASL
descriptionThe 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 seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id111137
published2018-07-17
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111137
titlemacOS 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);