Critical severity · published Jun 8, 2018
CVE-2018-4229
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products
10.0
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Grand Central Dispatch" component. It allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging the misparsing of entitlement plists.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
before 10.13.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4229
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-4229
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208849
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