Apple macOS up to 10.13.2 IOAcceleratorFamily information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple macOS up to 10.13.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component IOAcceleratorFamily. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-13844. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.2 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component IOAcceleratorFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Messages" component. It allows physically proximate attackers to view arbitrary photos via a Reply With Message action in the lock-screen state.

The bug was discovered 10/31/2017. The weakness was shared 12/06/2017 by Ian Beer with AIST as HT208331 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-13844 since 08/30/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105080 (macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Meltdown)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370677 (Apple macOS High Sierra 10.13.2, Security Update 2017-002 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-005 El Capitan Not Installed).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (105080) and SecurityFocus (BID 102099†). The entries VDB-106777, VDB-107566, VDB-108975 and VDB-109077 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 105080
Nessus Name: macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Meltdown)
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OpenVAS ID: 64745
OpenVAS Name: Apple MacOSX Security Updates(HT208331)-02
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08/30/2017 🔍
10/31/2017 +62 days 🔍
11/12/2017 +12 days 🔍
12/06/2017 +24 days 🔍
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12/07/2017 +1 days 🔍
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12/10/2017 +3 days 🔍
01/26/2021 +1143 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208331
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: AIST
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-13844 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-13844
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-110399
SecurityFocus: 102099 - Apple macOS APPLE-SA-2017-12-6-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039703

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

Created: 12/10/2017 09:14
Updated: 01/26/2021 11:24
Changes: 12/10/2017 09:14 (80), 12/13/2019 09:30 (6), 01/26/2021 11:24 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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