VDB-163778 · CVE-2019-8642 · HT209600

Apple macOS up to 10.14.3 SMIME Certificate S/MIME certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file S/MIME of the component SMIME Certificate Handler. Such manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-8642. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.3 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file S/MIME of the component SMIME Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 10/28/2020 as HT209600. The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-8642. The exploitation is known to be easy. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1587.003 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 10.14.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Apple

Name

macOS

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 3.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: macOS 10.14.4

Timelineinfo

02/18/2019 🔍
10/28/2020 +618 days 🔍
10/28/2020 +0 days 🔍
11/28/2020 +31 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT209600
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-8642 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8642
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-163778
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 10/28/2020 09:33
Updated: 11/28/2020 07:33
Changes: 10/28/2020 09:33 (42), 11/28/2020 07:27 (2), 11/28/2020 07:33 (18)
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