CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.2 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple iOS up to 11.2 (Smartphone Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 03/29/2018. The weakness was published 03/29/2018 with Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team as HT208693 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-4165 since 01/02/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/07/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109468 (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 17.10 : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3635-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 172035 (OpenSUSE Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (openSUSE-SU-2019:0081-1)).
Upgrading to version 11.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (109468). Similar entries are available at 115299, 115296, 115297 and 115298.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 109468
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 17.10 : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3635-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 53931
OpenVAS Name: Apple iCloud Security Updates(HT208697)-Windows
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: iOS 11.3
Timeline
01/02/2018 🔍03/29/2018 🔍
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03/31/2018 🔍
04/03/2018 🔍
05/01/2018 🔍
02/07/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT208693
Organization: Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4165 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1040604
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 03/31/2018 19:30Updated: 02/07/2021 07:09
Changes: 03/31/2018 19:30 (68), 01/18/2020 21:17 (12), 02/07/2021 07:09 (3)
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Cache ID: 3:74C
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