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A vulnerability has been found in Apple watchOS up to 4.2 (Smartwatch Operating System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Quick Look. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/29/2018. The weakness was presented 03/29/2018 as HT208696 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-4157 since 01/02/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:

A race condition was addressed with additional validation.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108786 (macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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.

Upgrading to version 4.3 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 (108786). See 115299, 115297, 115298 and 115300 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

• Smartwatch Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• watchOS

Version

• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.0
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 108786
Nessus Name: macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 902798
OpenVAS Name: Apple MacOSX Security Updates(HT208692)-01
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: watchOS 4.3

Timelineinfo

01/02/2018 🔍
03/29/2018 +86 days 🔍
03/29/2018 +0 days 🔍
03/29/2018 +0 days 🔍
03/31/2018 +2 days 🔍
04/02/2018 +2 days 🔍
04/03/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/26/2023 +1790 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208696
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-4157 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1040604
SecurityFocus: 101274

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/31/2018 19:40
Updated: 02/26/2023 07:04
Changes: 03/31/2018 19:40 (64), 01/19/2020 08:10 (12), 02/07/2021 08:18 (4), 02/26/2023 07:04 (3)
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