Apple watchOS up to 3.0 Kernel access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple watchOS up to 3.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Kernel. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7613. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Apple watchOS up to 3.0 (Smartwatch Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Kernel. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.0.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that leverages object-lifetime mishandling during process spawning.

The bug was discovered 10/24/2016. The weakness was disclosed 02/20/2017 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as HT207269 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Apple. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7613 since 09/09/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/16/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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.

Upgrading to version 3.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (94337) and SecurityFocus (BID 94116†). The entries VDB-93042, VDB-93046, VDB-93047 and VDB-93052 are pretty similar. 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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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-03 February-2017
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: watchOS 3.1

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10/24/2016 +45 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207269
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7613 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7613
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97157
SecurityFocus: 94116 - Apple iOS and macOS CVE-2016-7613 Local Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-7613 - Apple - Multiple Products - Code Execution Issue

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Created: 02/20/2017 15:03
Updated: 08/16/2020 09:24
Changes: 02/20/2017 15:03 (76), 08/16/2020 09:24 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:2D8:103

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