CVE-2018-4166

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 the "NSURLSession" component. A race condition allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

CVSS v3.0 7.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.6 HIGH

7.0^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 4.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://support.apple.com/HT208698	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208696	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208693	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208692	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040608	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040604	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::

Information

Published : 2018-04-02 23:29

Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-4166

Mitre link : CVE-2018-4166

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x
watchos
tvos
iphone_os

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