Apple tvOS up to 11.2 Kernel information disclosure

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple tvOS up to 11.2 (Digital Media Player) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 03/29/2018. The weakness was released 03/29/2018 with NCSC as HT208698 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-4104 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.

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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370851 (Apple macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, Security Update 2018-002 Sierra, and Security Update 2018-002 El Capitan Not Installed).

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 (108786). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 115299, 115297, 115298 and 115300.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 108786
Nessus Name: macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 866454
OpenVAS Name: Apple MacOSX Security Updates(HT208692)-02
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Upgrade: tvOS 11.3

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03/29/2018 +86 days 🔍
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03/31/2018 +2 days 🔍
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02/26/2023 +1790 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208698
Organization: NCSC
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4104 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1040604
SecurityFocus: 101274

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Created: 03/31/2018 19:45
Updated: 02/26/2023 07:38
Changes: 03/31/2018 19:45 (77), 01/19/2020 08:57 (3), 02/07/2021 09:40 (3), 02/26/2023 07:38 (3)
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