Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-6214 - Type Confusion vulnerability in Apple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.1.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.3, tvOS 12.1.2, watchOS 5.1.3. A malicious application may be able to break out of its sandbox.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Exploit-Db
file | exploits/multiple/dos/46298.c |
id | EDB-ID:46298 |
last seen | 2019-01-31 |
modified | 2019-01-31 |
platform | multiple |
port | |
published | 2019-01-31 |
reporter | Exploit-DB |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/46298 |
title | macOS < 10.14.3 / iOS < 12.1.3 - Sandbox Escapes due to Type Confusions and Memory Safety Issues in iohideventsystem |
type | dos |
Nessus
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOS_10_14_3.NASL description The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 10.14.x prior to 10.14.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities related to the following components: - AppleKeyStore - Bluetooth - Core Media - CoreAnimation - FaceTime - IOKit - Kernel - libxpc - Natural Language Processing - QuartzCore - SQLite - WebRTC 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 121393 published 2019-01-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121393 title macOS 10.14.x < 10.14.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(121393); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/31 15:18:51"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2018-20346", "CVE-2018-20505", "CVE-2018-20506", "CVE-2019-6200", "CVE-2019-6202", "CVE-2019-6205", "CVE-2019-6208", "CVE-2019-6209", "CVE-2019-6210", "CVE-2019-6211", "CVE-2019-6213", "CVE-2019-6214", "CVE-2019-6218", "CVE-2019-6219", "CVE-2019-6220", "CVE-2019-6221", "CVE-2019-6224", "CVE-2019-6225", "CVE-2019-6230", "CVE-2019-6231", "CVE-2019-6235" ); script_bugtraq_id(106323, 106693, 106694); script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2019-1-22-2"); script_name(english:"macOS 10.14.x < 10.14.3 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 10.14.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities related to the following components: - AppleKeyStore - Bluetooth - Core Media - CoreAnimation - FaceTime - IOKit - Kernel - libxpc - Natural Language Processing - QuartzCore - SQLite - WebRTC 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/HT209446"); # https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2019/Jan/msg00001.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a77b9bea"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to macOS version 10.14.3 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:H/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:H/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-6218"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/01/22"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/01/22"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/01/25"); 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) 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 = "10.14.3"; 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);
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NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_SECUPD2019-001.NASL description The remote host is running Mac OS X 10.12.6 and is missing a security update. 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