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A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS up to 11.1.2 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component IOKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 12/02/2017. The weakness was published 12/02/2017 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as HT208334 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-13847 since 08/30/2017. The attack needs to be approached locally. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved state management.
A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 2 weeks after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105080 (macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Meltdown)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370677 (Apple macOS High Sierra 10.13.2, Security Update 2017-002 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-005 El Capitan Not Installed).
Upgrading to version 11.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (105080) and Exploit-DB (43326). Similar entries are available at 106777, 107566, 108975 and 109077.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Google Security Research
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Nessus ID: 105080
Nessus Name: macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Meltdown)
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OpenVAS ID: 64745
OpenVAS Name: Apple MacOSX Security Updates(HT208331)-02
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: iOS 11.2
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT208334
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-13847 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1039953
SecurityFocus: 102097 - Apple iOS APPLE-SA-2017-12-6-2 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 12/10/2017 08:58Updated: 01/26/2021 09:51
Changes: 12/10/2017 08:58 (88), 12/16/2019 11:40 (5), 01/26/2021 09:51 (3)
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