CVE-2018-4115 — Improper Preservation of Permissions in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions7 documents4 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV4.6
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple Tvos+4 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 3
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. tvOS before 11.3 is affected. watchOS before 4.3 is affected. The issue involves CFPreferences in the "System Preferences" component. It allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging incorrect configuration-profile persistence.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages9 packages

▶NVDapple/tvos< 11.3
▶NVDapple/watchos< 4.3
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.13.4
▶Appleapple/tvos11.3
▶Appleapple/watchos4.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mh38-x4mv-9qfc: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products↗2022-05-13
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2 regression↗2019-09-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Apple
CVE-2018-4115: iOS 11.3↗2018-03-29
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Apple
CVE-2018-4115: macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, Security Update 2018-002 Sierra, and Security Update 2018-002 El Capitan↗2018-03-29
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Apple
CVE-2018-4115: watchOS 4.3↗2018-03-29
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Apple
CVE-2018-4115: tvOS 11.3↗2018-03-29
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