Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-8555 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Apple mac OS X
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.4. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOS_10_14_4.NASL description The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 10.14.x prior to 10.14.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including: - Mounting a maliciously crafted NFS network share may lead to arbitrary code execution with system privileges. (CVE-2019-8508) - An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. (CVE-2019-8529) - A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges (CVE-2019-8549) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 123128 published 2019-03-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123128 title macOS 10.14.x < 10.14.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(123128); script_version("1.7"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/31"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2018-12015", "CVE-2018-18311", "CVE-2018-18313", "CVE-2019-6207", "CVE-2019-6237", "CVE-2019-6239", "CVE-2019-7293", "CVE-2019-8502", "CVE-2019-8504", "CVE-2019-8507", "CVE-2019-8508", "CVE-2019-8510", "CVE-2019-8511", "CVE-2019-8513", "CVE-2019-8514", "CVE-2019-8516", "CVE-2019-8517", "CVE-2019-8519", "CVE-2019-8520", "CVE-2019-8521", "CVE-2019-8522", "CVE-2019-8526", "CVE-2019-8527", "CVE-2019-8529", "CVE-2019-8530", "CVE-2019-8533", "CVE-2019-8537", "CVE-2019-8540", "CVE-2019-8542", "CVE-2019-8545", "CVE-2019-8546", "CVE-2019-8549", "CVE-2019-8550", "CVE-2019-8552", "CVE-2019-8555", "CVE-2019-8561", "CVE-2019-8565" ); script_bugtraq_id(104423, 106072, 106145); script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2"); script_name(english:"macOS 10.14.x < 10.14.4 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 10.14.x prior to 10.14.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including: - Mounting a maliciously crafted NFS network share may lead to arbitrary code execution with system privileges. (CVE-2019-8508) - An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. (CVE-2019-8529) - A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges (CVE-2019-8549)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209600"); # https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2019/Mar/msg00001.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?71533e9d"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to macOS version 10.14.4 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-8527"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Mac OS X Feedback Assistant Race Condition'); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/03/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/27"); 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) 2019-2020 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 = "10.14.4"; 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);
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOS_SECUPD_10_13_6_2019-002.NASL description The remote host is running macOS 10.13.6 and is missing a security update. It is therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities including: - An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. (CVE-2019-8529) - A local user may be able to read kernel memory. (CVE-2019-8504) - A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout. (CVE-2019-6207, CVE-2019-8510) - 802.1X - DiskArbitration - Feedback Assistant - IOKit - IOKit SCSI - Kernel - PackageKit - Perl - Security - Time Machine - Wi-Fi last seen 2020-03-18 modified 2019-03-27 plugin id 123130 published 2019-03-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123130 title macOS 10.13.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2019-002) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(123130); script_version("1.9"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/13"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2018-12015", "CVE-2018-18311", "CVE-2018-18313", "CVE-2019-6207", "CVE-2019-8504", "CVE-2019-8510", "CVE-2019-8513", "CVE-2019-8520", "CVE-2019-8521", "CVE-2019-8522", "CVE-2019-8526", "CVE-2019-8527", "CVE-2019-8529", "CVE-2019-8555", "CVE-2019-8561", "CVE-2019-8564" ); script_bugtraq_id(104423, 106072, 106145); script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2"); script_name(english:"macOS 10.13.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2019-002)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of Security Update 2019-002 (APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote host is missing a macOS security update that fixes multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is running macOS 10.13.6 and is missing a security update. It is therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities including: - An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. (CVE-2019-8529) - A local user may be able to read kernel memory. (CVE-2019-8504) - A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout. (CVE-2019-6207, CVE-2019-8510) - 802.1X - DiskArbitration - Feedback Assistant - IOKit - IOKit SCSI - Kernel - PackageKit - Perl - Security - Time Machine - Wi-Fi"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209600"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209635"); # https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2019/Mar/msg00001.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?71533e9d"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Install Security Update 2019-002 or later for 10.13.6."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-8527"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Mac OS X TimeMachine (tmdiagnose) Command Injection Privilege Escalation'); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/03/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); 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) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MacOSX/Version", "Host/MacOSX/packages/boms"); exit(0); } include('lists.inc'); include('vcf.inc'); include('vcf_extras_apple.inc'); app_info = vcf::apple::macos::get_app_info(); constraints = [ { 'min_version' : '10.13', 'max_version' : '10.13.6', 'fixed_build': '17G6029', 'fixed_display' : '10.13.6 Security Update 2019-002' } ]; vcf::apple::macos::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOS_SECUPD_10_12_6_2019-002.NASL description The remote host is running Mac OS X 10.12.6 and is missing a security update. It is therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities including: - A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. (CVE-2019-8555) - A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout. (CVE-2019-6207, CVE-2019-8510) - A malicious application may be able to read restricted memory. (CVE-2019-8520) - 802.1X - DiskArbitration - Feedback Assistant - IOKit - IOKit SCSI - Kernel - PackageKit - Perl - Security - Time Machine - Wi-Fi last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 123129 published 2019-03-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123129 title macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2019-002) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(123129); script_version("1.8"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/31"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2018-12015", "CVE-2018-18311", "CVE-2018-18313", "CVE-2019-6207", "CVE-2019-8508", "CVE-2019-8510", "CVE-2019-8513", "CVE-2019-8520", "CVE-2019-8521", "CVE-2019-8522", "CVE-2019-8526", "CVE-2019-8527", "CVE-2019-8530", "CVE-2019-8540", "CVE-2019-8555", "CVE-2019-8561", "CVE-2019-8564" ); script_bugtraq_id(104423, 106072, 106145); script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2"); script_name(english:"macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2019-002)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of Security Update 2019-002."); 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 10.12.6 and is missing a security update. It is therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities including: - A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. (CVE-2019-8555) - A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout. (CVE-2019-6207, CVE-2019-8510) - A malicious application may be able to read restricted memory. (CVE-2019-8520) - 802.1X - DiskArbitration - Feedback Assistant - IOKit - IOKit SCSI - Kernel - PackageKit - Perl - Security - Time Machine - Wi-Fi"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209600"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209635"); # https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2019/Mar/msg00001.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?71533e9d"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Install Security Update 2019-002 or later for 10.12.x."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-8527"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Mac OS X TimeMachine (tmdiagnose) Command Injection Privilege Escalation'); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/03/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); 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) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MacOSX/Version", "Host/MacOSX/packages/boms"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); # Compare 2 patch numbers to determine if patch requirements are satisfied. # Return true if this patch or a later patch is applied # Return false otherwise function check_patch(year, number) { local_var p_split = split(patch, sep:"-"); local_var p_year = int( p_split[0]); local_var p_num = int( p_split[1]); if (year > p_year) return TRUE; else if (year < p_year) return FALSE; else if (number >= p_num) return TRUE; else return FALSE; } get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/local_checks_enabled"); os = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/MacOSX/Version"); if (!preg(pattern:"Mac OS X 10\.12\.6([^0-9]|$)", string:os)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X 10.12.6"); patch = "2019-002"; packages = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/MacOSX/packages/boms", exit_code:1); sec_boms_report = pgrep( pattern:"^com\.apple\.pkg\.update\.(security\.|os\.SecUpd).*bom$", string:packages ); sec_boms = split(sec_boms_report, sep:'\n'); foreach package (sec_boms) { # Grab patch year and number matches = pregmatch(pattern:"[^0-9](20[0-9][0-9])[-.]([0-9]{3})[^0-9]", string:package); if (empty_or_null(matches)) continue; if (empty_or_null(matches[1]) || empty_or_null(matches[2])) continue; patch_found = check_patch(year:int(matches[1]), number:int(matches[2])); if (patch_found) exit(0, "The host has Security Update " + patch + " or later installed and is therefore not affected."); } report = '\n Missing security update : ' + patch; report += '\n Installed security BOMs : '; if (sec_boms_report) report += str_replace(find:'\n', replace:'\n ', string:sec_boms_report); else report += 'n/a'; report += '\n'; security_report_v4(port:0, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, extra:report);