High severity · published Jun 8, 2018
CVE-2018-4206
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products
7.8
CVSS
5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3.1 is affected. macOS before 10.13.4 Security Update 2018-001 is affected. tvOS before 11.4 is affected. watchOS before 4.3.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Crash Reporter" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app that replaces a privileged port name.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.0% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
before 11.3.1 · source: NVD
AT
Apple TV · Apple
before 11.4 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
before 10.13.4 · source: NVD
WA
Watchos · Apple
before 4.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4206
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-4206
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103957
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103958
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040744
Exploit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1529
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208742
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208743
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