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CVE-2017-13868
Apple Kernel Memory Read Restriction Bypass Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.2 is affected. macOS before 10.13.2 is affected. tvOS before 11.2 is affected. watchOS before 4.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows attackers to bypass intended memory-read restrictions via a crafted app.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 25, 2017, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 22, 2019, 7:36 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-13868 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-13868 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple mac_os_x
2 Apple iphone_os
3 Apple tvos
4 Apple watchos
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-13868.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102100 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039952 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039953 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039966 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bazad.github.io/2018/03/a-fun-xnu-infoleak/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bazad/ctl_ctloutput-leak Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208325 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208327 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208331 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208334 Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Here is some resources about macOS/iOS system security.

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
496 stars 49 fork 49 watcher
Born at : Aug. 26, 2020, 8:21 a.m. This repo has been linked 166 different CVEs too.

CVE-2017-13868: Information leak of uninitialized kernel heap data in XNU.

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Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
28 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : Oct. 7, 2017, 9:42 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-13868 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-13868 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://bazad.github.io/2018/03/a-fun-xnu-infoleak/ No Types Assigned https://bazad.github.io/2018/03/a-fun-xnu-infoleak/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/bazad/ctl_ctloutput-leak No Types Assigned https://github.com/bazad/ctl_ctloutput-leak Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 11.2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 11.2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/bazad/ctl_ctloutput-leak [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bazad.github.io/2018/03/a-fun-xnu-infoleak/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 28, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT208325 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT208325 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039966 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039966 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT208334 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT208334 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT208327 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT208327 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039953 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039953 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT208331 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT208331 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102100 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102100 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039952 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039952 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-200
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.2 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.2 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.13.2 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 27, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039966 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039953 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039952 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102100 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-13868 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-13868 weaknesses.

CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-59: Session Credential Falsification through Prediction Session Credential Falsification through Prediction CAPEC-60: Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-116: Excavation Excavation CAPEC-169: Footprinting Footprinting CAPEC-224: Fingerprinting Fingerprinting CAPEC-285: ICMP Echo Request Ping ICMP Echo Request Ping CAPEC-287: TCP SYN Scan TCP SYN Scan CAPEC-290: Enumerate Mail Exchange (MX) Records Enumerate Mail Exchange (MX) Records CAPEC-291: DNS Zone Transfers DNS Zone Transfers CAPEC-292: Host Discovery Host Discovery CAPEC-293: Traceroute Route Enumeration Traceroute Route Enumeration CAPEC-294: ICMP Address Mask Request ICMP Address Mask Request CAPEC-295: Timestamp Request Timestamp Request CAPEC-296: ICMP Information Request ICMP Information Request CAPEC-297: TCP ACK Ping TCP ACK Ping CAPEC-298: UDP Ping UDP Ping CAPEC-299: TCP SYN Ping TCP SYN Ping CAPEC-300: Port Scanning Port Scanning CAPEC-301: TCP Connect Scan TCP Connect Scan CAPEC-302: TCP FIN Scan TCP FIN Scan CAPEC-303: TCP Xmas Scan TCP Xmas Scan CAPEC-304: TCP Null Scan TCP Null Scan CAPEC-305: TCP ACK Scan TCP ACK Scan CAPEC-306: TCP Window Scan TCP Window Scan CAPEC-307: TCP RPC Scan TCP RPC Scan CAPEC-308: UDP Scan UDP Scan CAPEC-309: Network Topology Mapping Network Topology Mapping CAPEC-310: Scanning for Vulnerable Software Scanning for Vulnerable Software CAPEC-312: Active OS Fingerprinting Active OS Fingerprinting CAPEC-313: Passive OS Fingerprinting Passive OS Fingerprinting CAPEC-317: IP ID Sequencing Probe IP ID Sequencing Probe CAPEC-318: IP 'ID' Echoed Byte-Order Probe IP 'ID' Echoed Byte-Order Probe CAPEC-319: IP (DF) 'Don't Fragment Bit' Echoing Probe IP (DF) 'Don't Fragment Bit' Echoing Probe CAPEC-320: TCP Timestamp Probe TCP Timestamp Probe CAPEC-321: TCP Sequence Number Probe TCP Sequence Number Probe CAPEC-322: TCP (ISN) Greatest Common Divisor Probe TCP (ISN) Greatest Common Divisor Probe CAPEC-323: TCP (ISN) Counter Rate Probe TCP (ISN) Counter Rate Probe CAPEC-324: TCP (ISN) Sequence Predictability Probe TCP (ISN) Sequence Predictability Probe CAPEC-325: TCP Congestion Control Flag (ECN) Probe TCP Congestion Control Flag (ECN) Probe CAPEC-326: TCP Initial Window Size Probe TCP Initial Window Size Probe CAPEC-327: TCP Options Probe TCP Options Probe CAPEC-328: TCP 'RST' Flag Checksum Probe TCP 'RST' Flag Checksum Probe CAPEC-329: ICMP Error Message Quoting Probe ICMP Error Message Quoting Probe CAPEC-330: ICMP Error Message Echoing Integrity Probe ICMP Error Message Echoing Integrity Probe CAPEC-472: Browser Fingerprinting Browser Fingerprinting CAPEC-497: File Discovery File Discovery CAPEC-508: Shoulder Surfing Shoulder Surfing CAPEC-573: Process Footprinting Process Footprinting CAPEC-574: Services Footprinting Services Footprinting CAPEC-575: Account Footprinting Account Footprinting CAPEC-576: Group Permission Footprinting Group Permission Footprinting CAPEC-577: Owner Footprinting Owner Footprinting CAPEC-616: Establish Rogue Location Establish Rogue Location CAPEC-643: Identify Shared Files/Directories on System Identify Shared Files/Directories on System CAPEC-646: Peripheral Footprinting Peripheral Footprinting CAPEC-651: Eavesdropping Eavesdropping
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.21 }} 0.07%

score

0.59773

percentile

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