Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-8691 - 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
A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.6. An application may be able to read restricted memory.
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 MACOS_10_14_6.NASL description The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 10.14.x prior to 10.14.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An application may be able to read restricted memory (CVE-2019-8691, CVE-2019-8692, CVE-2019-8693) - Extracting a zip file containing a symbolic link to an endpoint in an NFS mount that is attacker controlled may bypass Gatekeeper (CVE-2019-8656) - A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution (CVE-2019-8648, CVE-2018-19860, CVE-2019-8661) - A remote attacker may be able to leak memory (CVE-2019-8646, CVE-2019-8663) - A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution (CVE-2019-8641, CVE-2019-8660) - An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges (CVE-2019-8695, CVE-2019-8697) - An issue existed in Samba that may allow attackers to perform unauthorized actions by intercepting communications between services (CVE-2018-16860) - An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges (CVE-2019-8694) - A remote attacker may be able to view sensitive information (CVE-2019-13118) - An attacker may be able to trigger a use-after-free in an application deserializing an untrusted NSDictionary (CVE-2019-8662) - Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing (CVE-2019-8670) - The encryption status of a Time Machine backup may be incorrect (CVE-2019-8667) - Parsing a maliciously crafted office document may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution (CVE-2019-8657) - Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting (CVE-2019-8690, CVE-2019-8649, CVE-2019-8658) - Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2019-8644, CVE-2019-8666, CVE-2019-8669, CVE-2019-8671, CVE-2019-8672, CVE-2019-8673, CVE-2019-8676, CVE-2019-8677, CVE-2019-8678, CVE-2019-8679, CVE-2019-8680, CVE-2019-8681, CVE-2019-8683, CVE-2019-8684, CVE-2019-8685, CVE-2019-8686, CVE-2019-8687, CVE-2019-8688, CVE-2019-8689) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the operating system last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 127054 published 2019-07-26 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/127054 title macOS 10.14.x < 10.14.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include('compat.inc'); if (description) { script_id(127054); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/03"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2018-16860", "CVE-2018-19860", "CVE-2019-8641", "CVE-2019-8644", "CVE-2019-8646", "CVE-2019-8648", "CVE-2019-8649", "CVE-2019-8656", "CVE-2019-8657", "CVE-2019-8658", "CVE-2019-8660", "CVE-2019-8661", "CVE-2019-8662", "CVE-2019-8663", "CVE-2019-8666", "CVE-2019-8667", "CVE-2019-8669", "CVE-2019-8670", "CVE-2019-8671", "CVE-2019-8672", "CVE-2019-8673", "CVE-2019-8676", "CVE-2019-8677", "CVE-2019-8678", "CVE-2019-8679", "CVE-2019-8680", "CVE-2019-8681", "CVE-2019-8683", "CVE-2019-8684", "CVE-2019-8685", "CVE-2019-8686", "CVE-2019-8687", "CVE-2019-8688", "CVE-2019-8689", "CVE-2019-8690", "CVE-2019-8691", "CVE-2019-8692", "CVE-2019-8693", "CVE-2019-8694", "CVE-2019-8695", "CVE-2019-8697", "CVE-2019-13118" ); script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"HT210348"); script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2019-07-17"); script_name(english:"macOS 10.14.x < 10.14.6 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 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 10.14.6. 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NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_SECUPD2019-004.NASL description The remote host is running Mac OS X 10.12.6 or Mac OS X 10.13.6 and is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An application may be able to read restricted memory (CVE-2019-8691, CVE-2019-8692, CVE-2019-8693) - Extracting a zip file containing a symbolic link to an endpoint in an NFS mount that is attacker controlled may bypass Gatekeeper (CVE-2019-8656) - A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution (CVE-2019-8648, CVE-2018-19860, CVE-2019-8661) - A remote attacker may be able to leak memory (CVE-2019-8646, CVE-2019-8663) - A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution ( CVE-2019-8641, CVE-2019-8660) - An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges (CVE-2019-8695, CVE-2019-8697) - An issue existed in Samba that may allow attackers to perform unauthorized actions by intercepting communications between services (CVE-2018-16860) - An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges (CVE-2019-8694) - A remote attacker may be able to view sensitive information (CVE-2019-13118) - An attacker may be able to trigger a use-after-free in an application deserializing an untrusted NSDictionary (CVE-2019-8662) - Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing (CVE-2019-8670) - The encryption status of a Time Machine backup may be incorrect (CVE-2019-8667) - Parsing a maliciously crafted office document may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution (CVE-2019-8657) - Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting (CVE-2019-8649, CVE-2019-8658, CVE-2019-8690) - Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2019-8644, CVE-2019-8666, CVE-2019-8669, CVE-2019-8671, CVE-2019-8672, CVE-2019-8673, CVE-2019-8676, CVE-2019-8677, CVE-2019-8678, CVE-2019-8679, CVE-2019-8680, CVE-2019-8681, CVE-2019-8683, CVE-2019-8684, CVE-2019-8685, CVE-2019-8686, CVE-2019-8687, CVE-2019-8688, CVE-2019-8689) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the operating system last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 127055 published 2019-07-26 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/127055 title macOS Sierra / High Sierra Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2019-004) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include('compat.inc'); if (description) { script_id(127055); script_version("1.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/03"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2018-16860", "CVE-2018-19860", "CVE-2019-8641", "CVE-2019-8644", "CVE-2019-8646", "CVE-2019-8648", "CVE-2019-8649", "CVE-2019-8656", "CVE-2019-8657", "CVE-2019-8658", "CVE-2019-8660", "CVE-2019-8661", "CVE-2019-8662", "CVE-2019-8663", "CVE-2019-8666", "CVE-2019-8667", "CVE-2019-8669", "CVE-2019-8670", "CVE-2019-8671", "CVE-2019-8672", "CVE-2019-8673", "CVE-2019-8676", "CVE-2019-8677", "CVE-2019-8678", "CVE-2019-8679", "CVE-2019-8680", "CVE-2019-8681", "CVE-2019-8683", "CVE-2019-8684", "CVE-2019-8685", "CVE-2019-8686", "CVE-2019-8687", "CVE-2019-8688", "CVE-2019-8689", "CVE-2019-8690", "CVE-2019-8691", "CVE-2019-8692", "CVE-2019-8693", "CVE-2019-8694", "CVE-2019-8695", "CVE-2019-8697", "CVE-2019-13118" ); script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"HT210348"); script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2019-07-17"); script_name(english:"macOS Sierra / High Sierra Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2019-004)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the presence of Security Update 2019-004."); 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 10.12.6 or Mac OS X 10.13.6 and is missing a security update. 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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_ports("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; 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