Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 17.7 Lock Screen access control

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Lock Screen. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-44180. The attack can be executed directly on the physical device. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Lock Screen. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. An attacker with physical access may be able to access contacts from the lock screen.

The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-44180 since 08/20/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/24/2024). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 18 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• iOS
• iPadOS

Version

• 10.15.0
• 12.4.7
• 12.5.2
• 12.5.3
• 12.7
• 13.0
• 13.0.1
• 13.1
• 13.1.1
• 13.2
• 13.3
• 13.3.1
• 13.4
• 13.4.1
• 13.5
• 13.5.1
• 13.6
• 13.7
• 14.0
• 14.2
• 14.3
• 14.4
• 14.4.1
• 14.4.2
• 14.5
• 14.5.0
• 14.5.1
• 14.6
• 14.7
• 14.7.1
• 14.8
• 15
• 15.0
• 15.0.1
• 15.0.2
• 15.1
• 15.2
• 15.2.1
• 15.3
• 15.3.1
• 15.4
• 15.4.1
• 15.5
• 15.6
• 15.6.1
• 15.7
• 15.7.1
• 15.7.4
• 16.2
• 16.3
• 16.3.1
• 16.4
• 16.4.1
• 16.5
• 16.5.1
• 16.6
• 16.6.1
• 16.7
• 16.7.2
• 16.7.3
• 16.7.6
• 17.0
• 17.0.3
• 17.1
• 17.2
• 17.3
• 17.4
• 17.4.0
• 17.5
• 17.7

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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