Apple macOS up to 10.14.0 Dock information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.0. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Dock. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-4403. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.0 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component Dock. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

This issue was addressed by removing additional entitlements. This issue affected versions prior to macOS Mojave 10.14.1.

The bug was discovered 10/30/2018. The weakness was published 10/29/2018 by Patrick Wardle with Google Project Zero as HT209193 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-4403 since 01/02/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. The advisory points out:

This issue was addressed by removing additional entitlements.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118574 (macOS 10.14.x < 10.14.1 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 371291 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14.1, Security Update 2018-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2018-005 Sierra Not Installed (HT209193)).

Upgrading to version 10.14.1 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 (118574) and SecurityFocus (BID 104232†). Similar entries are available at VDB-117820, VDB-118107, VDB-121205 and VDB-126166. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 118574
Nessus Name: macOS 10.14.x < 10.14.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.14.1

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01/02/2018 🔍
05/21/2018 +139 days 🔍
10/29/2018 +161 days 🔍
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10/31/2018 +1 days 🔍
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04/08/2020 +525 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT209193
Researcher: Patrick Wardle
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-4403 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4403
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126285
SecurityFocus: 104232 - Multiple CPU Hardware CVE-2018-3639 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Created: 10/31/2018 10:12
Updated: 04/08/2020 18:05
Changes: 10/31/2018 10:12 (70), 04/08/2020 18:05 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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