Apple iOS up to 7.1.2 IOHIDFamily privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple iOS up to 7.1.2 (Smartphone Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the component IOHIDFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an application that provides crafted key-mapping properties.

The weakness was released 09/17/2014 by Ian Beer (evad3rs) with Google Project Zero as HT6441 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-4405 since 06/20/2014. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/20/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77822 (Apple TV < 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc..

Upgrading to version 8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96109) and Tenable (77822). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 67368, 67370, 67371 and 67372.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 77822
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 8

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT6441
Researcher: Ian Beer (evad3rs)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4405 (🔍)
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X-Force: 96109
SecurityTracker: 1030866
SecurityFocus: 69882 - RETIRED: Apple iOS Prior to iOS 8 and TV Prior to TV 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Created: 09/22/2014 17:39
Updated: 02/20/2022 07:51
Changes: 09/22/2014 17:39 (52), 07/05/2017 08:52 (19), 02/20/2022 07:45 (3), 02/20/2022 07:51 (1)
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