CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.2 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.
The bug was discovered 12/02/2017. The weakness was presented 12/06/2017 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as HT208331 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-13865 since 08/30/2017. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592. The advisory points out:
A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. 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).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. 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 (43321). See 106777, 107566, 108975 and 109077 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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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: 801863
OpenVAS Name: Apple MacOSX Security Updates(HT208331)-04
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Timeline
08/30/2017 🔍11/29/2017 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT208331
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-13865 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1039952
SecurityFocus: 101981 - Apple macOS CVE-2017-13872 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entry
Created: 12/10/2017 09:17Updated: 01/26/2021 12:18
Changes: 12/10/2017 09:17 (72), 12/13/2019 10:11 (18), 01/26/2021 12:18 (3)
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