CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS up to 10.2 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 03/27/2017. The weakness was disclosed 03/27/2017 by John Villamil with Google Project Zero as HT207617 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-2456 since 12/01/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:
A race condition was addressed through improved memory handling.
After 3 days, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99134 (macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (httpoxy)), 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 c.
Upgrading to version 10.3 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 Tenable (99134) and Exploit-DB (41778). The entries 93752, 94628, 95275 and 98611 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2
VulDB Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Temp Score: 7.4
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Exploiting
Class: Race conditionCWE: CWE-362
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 99134
Nessus Name: macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (httpoxy)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207615
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: iOS 10.3
Timeline
12/01/2016 🔍03/27/2017 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT207617
Researcher: John Villamil
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2456 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1038138
SecurityFocus: 97137 - Apple iOS/tvOS/macOS/watchOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 03/28/2017 11:40Updated: 11/21/2022 07:29
Changes: 03/28/2017 11:40 (75), 10/18/2019 10:21 (15), 11/21/2022 07:29 (5)
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