CVE-2018-4227 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Info in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Info4 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple IOS+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 8
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.4 is affected. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to read the cleartext content of S/MIME encrypted messages via direct exfiltration.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.13.5
▶NVDapple/iphone_os< 11.4
▶Appleapple/ios11.4

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-rh6r-x58g-rprw: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2018-4227: macOS High Sierra 10.13.5, Security Update 2018-003 Sierra, Security Update 2018-003 El Capitan↗2018-06-01
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Apple
CVE-2018-4227: iOS 11.4↗2018-05-29
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