Apple macOS up to 10.12 Application Firewall access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.12. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Application Firewall. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-7084. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Application Firewall. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "Application Firewall" component. It allows remote attackers to bypass intended settings in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging incorrect handling of a denied setting after an upgrade.

The bug was discovered 09/25/2017. The weakness was disclosed 10/23/2017 by Daniel Jalkut (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-7084 since 03/17/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103598 (macOS < 10.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 10.13 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (103598) and SecurityFocus (BID 100993†). The entries VDB-99763, VDB-107591, VDB-107592 and VDB-108406 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 103598
Nessus Name: macOS < 10.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT208144
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.13

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09/25/2017 +192 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Researcher: Daniel Jalkut
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-7084 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7084
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-108527
SecurityFocus: 100993 - Apple macOS APPLE-SA-2017-09-25-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039427

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

Created: 10/23/2017 12:01
Updated: 01/20/2021 13:57
Changes: 10/23/2017 12:01 (73), 11/30/2019 08:08 (6), 01/20/2021 13:57 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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