CVE-2020-3866 - Incorrect Authorization

Severity

55%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

60%

This was addressed with additional checks by Gatekeeper on files mounted through a network share. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.3. Searching for and opening a file from an attacker controlled NFS mount may bypass Gatekeeper.

This was addressed with additional checks by Gatekeeper on files mounted through a network share. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.3. Searching for and opening a file from an attacker controlled NFS mount may bypass Gatekeeper.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Demo Examples

Incorrect Authorization

CWE-863

The following code could be for a medical records application. It displays a record to already authenticated users, confirming the user's authorization using a value stored in a cookie.


               
}
}
setcookie("role", $role, time()+60*60*2);
die("\n");
DisplayMedicalHistory($_POST['patient_ID']);
die("You are not Authorized to view this record\n");

The programmer expects that the cookie will only be set when getRole() succeeds. The programmer even diligently specifies a 2-hour expiration for the cookie. However, the attacker can easily set the "role" cookie to the value "Reader". As a result, the $role variable is "Reader", and getRole() is never invoked. The attacker has bypassed the authorization system.

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2020-02-27 21:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2020-03-02 18:25:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

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