Apple macOS up to 10.12.5 Wi-Fi access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.5. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Wi-Fi. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-9417. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.5 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Wi-Fi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Broadcom BCM43xx Wi-Fi chips allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, aka the "Broadpwn" issue.

The bug was discovered 06/04/2017. The weakness was presented 07/19/2017 by Nitay Artenstein with Exodus Intelligence as HT207922 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-9417 since 06/03/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 101957 (macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2017-003)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176821 (Debian Security Update for firmware-nonfree (DLA 1573-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.12.6 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 Exploit-DB (44268), Tenable (101957) and SecurityFocus (BID 99482†). See VDB-80765, VDB-81483, VDB-81521 and VDB-97206 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Yes
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 101957
Nessus Name: macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2017-003)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207922
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.12.6

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07/19/2017 +14 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207922
Researcher: Nitay Artenstein
Organization: Exodus Intelligence
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-9417 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-9417
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104263

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SecurityFocus: 99482 - Google Android Broadcom components Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1038950

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/20/2017 15:33
Updated: 06/07/2024 00:20
Changes: 07/20/2017 15:33 (82), 10/30/2019 15:56 (5), 01/05/2021 14:41 (3), 06/07/2024 00:20 (24)
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Cache ID: 216:6CB:103

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