Apple macOS up to 10.14.1 IOHIDFamily memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.1. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component IOHIDFamily. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-4427. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.1 (Operating System). Affected is some unknown processing of the component IOHIDFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 10/31/2018. The weakness was disclosed 12/05/2018 with Pangu Team as HT209341 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-4427 since 01/02/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 35 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 119840 (macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-006)), 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 l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371369 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14.2, Security Update 2018-003 High Sierra, Security Update 2018-006 Sierra Not Installed(HT209341)).

Upgrading to version 10.14.2 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 (119840). The entries VDB-126171, VDB-127563, VDB-127564 and VDB-127567 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 119840
Nessus Name: macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-006)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.14.2

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01/02/2018 🔍
10/31/2018 +302 days 🔍
12/05/2018 +35 days 🔍
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12/06/2018 +1 days 🔍
12/21/2018 +15 days 🔍
06/13/2023 +1635 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT209341
Organization: Pangu Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-4427 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4427
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-127602
SecurityFocus: 106760

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

Created: 12/06/2018 18:06
Updated: 06/13/2023 13:22
Changes: 12/06/2018 18:06 (69), 04/18/2020 12:09 (9), 06/13/2023 13:17 (4), 06/13/2023 13:22 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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