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A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 12.0 (Digital Media Player). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component CoreCrypto. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability (Prime Number). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 10/30/2018. The weakness was released 10/29/2018 by Martin Albrecht, Jake Massimo, Kenny Paterson and Juraj Somorovsky with Google Project Zero as HT209194 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-4398 since 01/02/2018. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:
An issue existed in the method for determining prime numbers. This issue was addressed by using pseudorandom bases for testing of primes.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118573 (macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-005)), 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 l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371294 (Apple iTunes for Windows Prior to 12.9.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT209197)).
Upgrading to version 12.1 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 (118573). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 117820, 118107, 121205 and 126195.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploiting
Name: Prime NumberClass: Input validation / Prime Number
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 118573
Nessus Name: macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-005)
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Upgrade: tvOS 12.1
Timeline
01/02/2018 🔍05/21/2018 🔍
10/29/2018 🔍
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10/30/2018 🔍
10/31/2018 🔍
10/31/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT209194
Researcher: Martin Albrecht, Jake Massimo, Kenny Paterson, Juraj Somorovsky
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2018-4398 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 104232 - Multiple CPU Hardware CVE-2018-3639 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 10/31/2018 09:26Updated: 06/03/2023 15:22
Changes: 10/31/2018 09:26 (71), 04/08/2020 10:00 (12), 06/03/2023 15:22 (4)
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