CVE-2018-4115 - Improper Preservation of Permissions

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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 3.0 Base Score 9.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-04-03 06:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

1040604

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1040608

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://support.apple.com/HT208692

Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/HT208693

Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/HT208696

Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/HT208698

Vendor Advisory

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