Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 14.0 SpringBoard privileges management ⚔ [Disputed]

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 14.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SpringBoard. The manipulation leads to privileges management. The attack must be carried out locally. In addition, an exploit is available. The actual existence of this vulnerability is currently in question. It is advised to substitute the affected component with an alternative.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 14.0 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component SpringBoard. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 09/16/2020 as 34938 as not defined exploit (Website). The advisory is shared at 0day.today. The public release happened without involvement of Apple. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue. The advisory points out:

Attacker can access device SpringBoard, run default iOS apps, run 3rd party iOS apps installed from AppStore, open Photos, Reminders, Notes, Email, and all other iOS apps, make and receive calls / sms, etc.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at 0day.today. It is declared as functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The advisory illustrates:

What you receive: The source code of exploit written in TheOS tweak platform https://theos.dev Exploit works on jailbroken devices (checkm8 bootrom exploit - checkra.in jailbreak)

The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Apple

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• iOS
• iPadOS

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• 14.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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