Apple iOS up to 6.1.4 IOKit access control

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6.2$5k-$25k0.00

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 6.1.4 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component IOKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

IOKit in Apple iOS before 7 allows attackers to send user-interface events to the foreground app by leveraging control over a background app and using the (1) task-completion API or (2) VoIP API.

The weakness was disclosed 09/18/2013 by Mackenzie Straight with Mobile Labs as APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2 iOS 7 as confirmed mailinglist post (Website). The advisory is available at prod.lists.apple.com. The mailinglist post contains:

It was possible for background applications to inject user interface events into the foreground application using the task completion or VoIP APIs. This issue was addressed by enforcing access controls on foreground and background processes that handle interface events.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-5137 since 08/15/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/25/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69984 (Apple iOS < 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mobile Devices.

Upgrading to version iOS 7.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87254) and Tenable (69984). zdnet.com is providing further details. The entries 5610, 8303, 8792 and 8797 are pretty similar.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Nessus ID: 69984
Nessus Name: Apple iOS < 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS iOS 7.0

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2 iOS 7
Researcher: Mackenzie Straight
Organization: Mobile Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-5137 (🔍)
X-Force: 87254
SecurityTracker: 1029054
Vulnerability Center: 42743 - IOKit in Apple iOS <7 Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability by Sending UI Events to Foreground apps, Low
SecurityFocus: 62526
Secunia: 54886 - Apple iOS Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 97433

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Created: 09/20/2013 10:34
Updated: 05/25/2021 08:53
Changes: 09/20/2013 10:34 (75), 05/18/2017 17:38 (2), 05/25/2021 08:51 (3), 05/25/2021 08:53 (2)
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