Apple Xcode up to 4.3.3 Designated Requirement access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Xcode. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Designated Requirement. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-3698. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Xcode (Programming Tool Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Designated Requirement. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Apple Xcode before 4.4 does not properly compose a designated requirement (DR) during signing of programs that lack bundle identifiers, which allows remote attackers to read keychain entries via a crafted app, as demonstrated by the keychain entries of a (1) helper tool or (2) command-line tool.

The weakness was presented 07/25/2012 as HT5416 as confirmed knowledge base article (Apple Security Announce). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-3698 since 06/19/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61413 (Apple Xcode < 4.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X) (BEAST)), 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.

Upgrading to version 4.4 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 Tenable (61413), SecurityFocus (BID 49778†), OSVDB (84227†), Secunia (SA50068†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027302†). See VDB-4431, VDB-10327, VDB-10900 and VDB-10903 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 61413
Nessus Name: Apple Xcode < 4.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X) (BEAST)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Xcode 4.4

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT5416
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-3698 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3698
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5873
SecurityFocus: 49778
Secunia: 50068 - Apple Xcode Two Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 84227
SecurityTracker: 1027302

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Created: 08/08/2012 13:22
Updated: 04/29/2018 10:25
Changes: 08/08/2012 13:22 (63), 04/29/2018 10:25 (8)
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