CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.6 | $0-$5k | 0.05 |
A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 5.2.1 (Smartwatch Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component Heimdal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a security check vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-358. The product does not implement or incorrectly implements one or more security-relevant checks as specified by the design of a standardized algorithm, protocol, or technique. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 05/14/2019. The weakness was presented 07/22/2019 by Andrew Bartlett with The Samba Team as HT210353 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-16860 since 09/11/2018. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1211 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:
This issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 69 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
Upgrading to version 5.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
See 138537, 138538, 138539 and 138540 for similar entries.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6
VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 7.5
CNA Vector (Red Hat, Inc.): 🔍
CVSSv2
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Vector | Complexity | Authentication | Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
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Exploiting
Class: Security checkCWE: CWE-358
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
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Upgrade: watchOS 5.3
Timeline
09/11/2018 🔍05/14/2019 🔍
07/22/2019 🔍
07/22/2019 🔍
07/24/2019 🔍
11/06/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT210353
Researcher: Andrew Bartlett
Organization: The Samba Team
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2018-16860 (🔍)
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 07/24/2019 15:02Updated: 11/06/2023 13:15
Changes: 07/24/2019 15:02 (64), 07/10/2020 12:43 (3), 11/06/2023 13:09 (4), 11/06/2023 13:15 (12)
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