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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.0 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component WiFi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

A denial of service issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12.1, macOS Mojave 10.14.1, tvOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1.

The bug was discovered 10/30/2018. The weakness was released 10/29/2018 by Alex with Technische Universität Darmstadt as HT209193 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-4368 since 01/02/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

A denial of service issue was addressed with improved validation.

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.

Upgrading to version 10.14.1 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 126195, 126166, 126170 and 126172.

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• macOS

Version

• 10.0
• 10.1
• 10.2
• 10.3
• 10.4
• 10.5
• 10.6
• 10.7
• 10.8
• 10.9
• 10.10
• 10.11
• 10.12
• 10.13
• 10.14

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

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Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 118573
Nessus Name: macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-005)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Upgrade: macOS 10.14.1

Timelineinfo

01/02/2018 🔍
10/29/2018 +300 days 🔍
10/29/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/30/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/31/2018 +1 days 🔍
10/31/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/09/2020 +526 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT209193
Researcher: Alex
Organization: Technische Universität Darmstadt
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-4368 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2018 11:51
Updated: 04/09/2020 09:10
Changes: 10/31/2018 11:51 (67), 04/09/2020 09:10 (10)
Complete: 🔍

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