CVE-2018-4242

7.8

HIGH

Apple Hypervisor Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Hypervisor" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

INFO

Published Date :

June 8, 2018, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:07 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8 Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-4242 has a 4 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-2018-4242 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	mac_os_x

: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2

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-2018-4242.

URL	Resource
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.apple.com/HT208849	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.apple.com/HT208849	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).

developer3000S/PoC-in-GitHub

None

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

34 stars 3 fork 3 watcher

Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.

hectorgie/PoC-in-GitHub

None

Updated: 3 months ago

19 stars 10 fork 10 watcher

Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1052 different CVEs too.

0xT11/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

86 stars 33 fork 33 watcher

Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1113 different CVEs too.

yeonnic/Look-at-The-XNU-Through-A-Tube-CVE-2018-4242-Write-up-Translation-

None

Updated: 6 years ago

1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Dec. 8, 2018, 12:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-4242 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-4242 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Nov. 21, 2024

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027
Added	Reference	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
Added	Reference	https://support.apple.com/HT208849

CVE Modified by [email protected]

May. 14, 2024

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value

Modified Analysis by [email protected]

Mar. 07, 2019

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Oct. 31, 2018

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 [No Types Assigned]

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

Jul. 13, 2018

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V2 Metadata		Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://support.apple.com/HT208849 No Types Assigned	https://support.apple.com/HT208849 Vendor Advisory
Added	CWE		CWE-119
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 10.13.5

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Jun. 10, 2018

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027 [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-2018-4242 is associated with the following CWEs:

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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-2018-4242 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

CVE-2018-4242

Apple Hypervisor Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability

Description

INFO

June 8, 2018, 6:29 p.m.

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:07 a.m.

[email protected]

No

5.9

1.8

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

Affected Products

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

developer3000S/PoC-in-GitHub

hectorgie/PoC-in-GitHub

0xT11/CVE-POC

yeonnic/Look-at-The-XNU-Through-A-Tube-CVE-2018-4242-Write-up-Translation-

CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Modified Analysis by [email protected]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

0.12 }} -0.05%

0.46621

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System

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