Apple tvOS up to 10.1 libarchive access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 10.1. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component libarchive. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-2390. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 10.1 (Digital Media Player). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component libarchive. 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 bug was discovered 03/27/2017. The weakness was presented 03/27/2017 by Omer Medan with enSilo as HT207601 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2390 since 12/01/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue. The advisory points out:

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed through improved validation of symlinks.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99264 (Apple TV < 10.2 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 370348 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update Sierra 10.12.4, El Capitan 2017-001 and Yosemite 2017-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2017-03-27-3)).

Upgrading to version 10.2 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 (99264) and SecurityFocus (BID 97137†). See VDB-98613, VDB-98614, VDB-98618 and VDB-98619 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 99264
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 10.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207615
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tvOS 10.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207601
Researcher: Omer Medan
Organization: enSilo
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2390 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2390
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98873
SecurityFocus: 97137 - Apple iOS/tvOS/macOS/watchOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2390 - Apple - Multiple Products - Symlink Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038138

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2017 12:20
Updated: 10/31/2024 14:32
Changes: 03/28/2017 12:20 (74), 08/22/2020 21:00 (10), 11/22/2022 07:22 (5), 10/31/2024 14:32 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:139:103

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