CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple watchOS up to 4.2 (Smartwatch Operating System). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
In iOS before 11.3, Safari before 11.1, iCloud for Windows before 7.4, tvOS before 11.3, watchOS before 4.3, iTunes before 12.7.4 for Windows, unexpected interaction causes an ASSERT failure. This issue was addressed with improved checks.
The bug was discovered 03/29/2018. The weakness was published 12/02/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-4213 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 vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 248 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 119323 (GLSA-201812-04 : WebkitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 197266 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Webkit2gtk Vulnerabilities (USN-3781-1)).
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 (119323). Similar entries are available at 129059, 129108, 129109 and 129110.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
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VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 119323
Nessus Name: GLSA-201812-04 : WebkitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities
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Upgrade: watchOS 4.3
Timeline
01/02/2018 🔍03/29/2018 🔍
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12/03/2018 🔍
01/11/2019 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: USN-3781-1
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4213 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 01/12/2019 12:59Updated: 06/26/2023 15:07
Changes: 01/12/2019 12:59 (71), 04/29/2020 09:25 (3), 06/26/2023 15:07 (4)
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