Apple tvOS up to 10.0 System Boot input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Apple tvOS up to 10.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component System Boot. Executing a manipulation can lead to input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-4669. The attack is restricted to local execution. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple tvOS up to 10.0 (Digital Media Player) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component System Boot. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 10/24/2016 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as HT207270 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-4669 since 05/11/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:

Multiple input validation issues existed in MIG generated code. These issues were addressed through improved validation.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94337 (Apple TV < 10.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370175 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update Sierra 10.12.1, El Capitan 2016-002 and Yosemite 2016-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-10-24-2)).

Upgrading to version 10.0.1 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 (40654), Tenable (94337) and SecurityFocus (BID 93849†). The entries VDB-93042, VDB-93046, VDB-93047 and VDB-93052 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 94337
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 10.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-04 February-2017
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tvOS 10.0.1

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05/11/2016 🔍
10/24/2016 +166 days 🔍
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10/25/2016 +1 days 🔍
10/27/2016 +2 days 🔍
02/20/2017 +116 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207270
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4669 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4669
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93082
SecurityFocus: 93849 - Apple macOS/watchOS/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1037086

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 10/25/2016 11:27
Updated: 12/26/2024 13:03
Changes: 10/25/2016 11:27 (61), 05/18/2019 06:18 (27), 09/28/2022 13:34 (4), 12/26/2024 13:03 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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