Apple iOS up to 11.3.1 Messages injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple iOS up to 11.3.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Messages. Performing a manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-4235. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple iOS up to 11.3.1 (Smartphone Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component Messages. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on integrity.

The bug was discovered 05/29/2018. The weakness was presented 05/29/2018 with salesforce.com as HT208848 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-4235 since 01/02/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/26/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1055 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An injection issue was addressed with improved input validation.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110324 (macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.5 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 370985 (Apple macOS High Sierra 10.13.5, Security Update 2018-003 Sierra, Security Update 2018-003 El Capitan Not Installed).

Upgrading to version 11.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (110324). See VDB-118642, VDB-118643, VDB-118645 and VDB-118647 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Apple

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• iOS

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• 11.3.0
• 11.3.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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