Apple iOS up to 11.2 Mail cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS up to 11.2 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Mail. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-4174. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 11.2 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Mail. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/29/2018. The weakness was disclosed 03/29/2018 as HT208693 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-4174 since 01/02/2018. 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 T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108786 (macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.4 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370851 (Apple macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, Security Update 2018-002 Sierra, and Security Update 2018-002 El Capitan Not Installed).

Upgrading to version 11.3 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 (108786) and SecurityFocus (BID 103581†). The entries VDB-115299, VDB-115296, VDB-115297 and VDB-115298 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 108786
Nessus Name: macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 902798
OpenVAS Name: Apple MacOSX Security Updates(HT208692)-01
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 11.3

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03/29/2018 +86 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208693
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4174 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4174
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-115307
SecurityFocus: 103581 - Apple iOS and macOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040604

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/31/2018 19:26
Updated: 07/27/2024 10:03
Changes: 03/31/2018 19:26 (66), 01/18/2020 17:27 (15), 02/06/2021 17:01 (4), 07/27/2024 10:03 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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