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Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Apple Safari up to 11.0.2 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component WebKit. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-4089. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 11.0.2 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 01/23/2018. The weakness was published 01/23/2018 as HT208475 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-4089 since 01/02/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:
Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108703 (FreeBSD : webkit2-gtk3 -- multiple vulnerabilities (1ce95bc7-3278-11e8-b527-00012e582166) (Spectre)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370738 (Apple macOS High Sierra 10.13.3, Security Update 2018-001 Sierra, and Security Update 2018-001 El Capitan Not Installed (Meltdown)).
Upgrading to version 11.0.3 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 Exploit-DB (43937), Tenable (108703), SecurityFocus (BID 102057†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1040266†). Similar entries are available at VDB-107051, VDB-108420, VDB-108421 and VDB-108422. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 108703
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : webkit2-gtk3 -- multiple vulnerabilities (1ce95bc7-3278-11e8-b527-00012e582166) (Spectre)
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OpenVAS ID: 71145
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 (HT208465)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Safari 11.0.3
Timeline
11/29/2017 🔍01/02/2018 🔍
01/23/2018 🔍
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01/23/2018 🔍
01/24/2018 🔍
01/28/2018 🔍
03/29/2018 🔍
04/03/2018 🔍
06/16/2024 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT208475
Researcher: Adam Mariš
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4089 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4089
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112605
SecurityFocus: 102057 - cURL/libcURL CVE-2017-8817 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040266
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 01/28/2018 19:04Updated: 06/16/2024 21:33
Changes: 01/28/2018 19:04 (71), 12/31/2019 07:38 (18), 02/02/2021 10:17 (2), 02/02/2021 10:23 (1), 06/16/2024 21:33 (16)
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