Apple macOS up to 10.13.5 Kernel access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple macOS up to 10.13.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Kernel. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-8897. The attack must be carried out locally. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.5 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Kernel. 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 bug was discovered 05/08/2018. The weakness was presented 06/01/2018 by Andy Lutomirski with LinkedIn as HT208849 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-8897 since 03/21/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

In some circumstances, some operating systems may not expect or properly handle an Intel architecture debug exception after certain instructions. The issue appears to be from an undocumented side effect of the instructions. An attacker might utilize this exception handling to gain access to Ring 0 and access sensitive memory or control operating system processes.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109610 (KB4103726: Windows Server 2012 May 2018 Security Update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 390158 (Oracle VM Server for x86 Security Update for xen (OVMSA-2018-0272)).

Upgrading to version 10.13.5 2018-003 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 (44697), Tenable (109610) and SecurityFocus (BID 104071†). See VDB-113918, VDB-113919, VDB-117441 and VDB-117442 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 109610
Nessus Name: KB4103726: Windows Server 2012 May 2018 Security Update
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OpenVAS ID: 52254
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4103725)
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MetaSploit ID: mov_ss.rb
MetaSploit Name: Microsoft Windows POP/MOV SS Local Privilege Elevation Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.13.5 2018-003
Patch: git.kernel.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208849
Researcher: Andy Lutomirski
Organization: LinkedIn
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-8897 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-8897
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118658

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SecurityFocus: 104071 - Microsoft Windows Kernel CVE-2018-8897 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040744

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

Created: 06/03/2018 14:14
Updated: 02/01/2025 18:06
Changes: 06/03/2018 14:14 (86), 02/12/2020 08:23 (8), 03/20/2023 07:33 (6), 03/20/2023 07:39 (1), 02/01/2025 18:06 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:2E9:103

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