Apple macOS up to 10.14.3 Feedback Assistant race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.3. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Feedback Assistant. This manipulation causes race condition. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-8565. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.3 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Feedback Assistant. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/25/2019. The weakness was shared 03/25/2019 by Jakub Wilk as HT209600 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-8565 since 02/18/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:

A race condition was addressed with additional validation.

A public exploit has been developed by CodeColorist/timwr and been published 3 weeks after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371712 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2)).

Upgrading to version 10.14.4 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 (46914) and SecurityFocus (BID 104423†). The entries VDB-119252, VDB-132233, VDB-132234 and VDB-132235 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: CodeColorist/timwr
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MetaSploit ID: exploit/osx/local/feedback_assistant_root
MetaSploit Name: Mac OS X Feedback Assistant Race Condition

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.14.4

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT209600
Researcher: Jakub Wilk
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-8565 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8565
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-132349
SecurityFocus: 104423 - Perl CVE-2018-12015 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Created: 03/26/2019 15:23
Updated: 01/10/2025 14:00
Changes: 03/26/2019 15:23 (65), 05/21/2020 07:38 (6), 08/08/2023 08:51 (4), 06/10/2024 18:14 (19), 08/25/2024 11:45 (2), 08/25/2024 11:46 (2), 08/25/2024 11:48 (1), 01/10/2025 14:00 (1)
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Committer: misc
Cache ID: 216::103

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