Apple macOS up to 10.13.4 Disk Management input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.4. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Disk Management. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-4108. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.4 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Disk Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "Disk Management" component. It allows attackers to trigger truncation of an APFS volume password via an unspecified injection.

The bug was discovered 03/29/2018. The weakness was released 03/29/2018 by Chaitanya as HT208692 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-4108 since 01/02/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

An injection issue was addressed through improved input validation.

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).

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 (108786) and SecurityFocus (BID 103582†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-115299, VDB-115297, VDB-115298 and VDB-115300. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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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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02/07/2021 +1041 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208692
Researcher: Chaitanya
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4108 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4108
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-115421
SecurityFocus: 103582
SecurityTracker: 1040608

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Created: 03/31/2018 21:27
Updated: 02/07/2021 14:53
Changes: 03/31/2018 21:27 (79), 01/19/2020 15:18 (3), 02/07/2021 14:49 (3), 02/07/2021 14:53 (2)
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