CVE-2018-4280

7.8

HIGH

Apple iOS Memory Corruption

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 11.4.1, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, tvOS 11.4.1, watchOS 4.3.2.

INFO

Published Date :

April 3, 2019, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 5, 2019, 6:49 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8 Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-4280 has a 10 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-2018-4280 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
1	Apple	mac_os_x
2	Apple	iphone_os
3	Apple	tvos
4	Apple	watchos

: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 4

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-2018-4280.

URL	Resource
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208935	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208936	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208937	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208938	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).

ChristopherA8/starred-repositories

None

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Feb. 10, 2024, 8:04 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

MrE-Fog/ios-awe-sec-y

None

Updated: 1 year, 6 months ago

0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : May 22, 2023, 6:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

HadessCS/Awesome-Privilege-Escalation

Awesome Privilege Escalation

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

68 stars 10 fork 10 watcher

Born at : Aug. 19, 2022, 10:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.

developer3000S/PoC-in-GitHub

None

Updated: 8 months, 2 weeks ago

33 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: 1 year, 3 months ago

17 stars 10 fork 10 watcher

Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1050 different CVEs too.

0xT11/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 3 months ago

82 stars 32 fork 32 watcher

Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1111 different CVEs too.

houjingyi233/macOS-iOS-system-security

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.

bazad/blanket

CVE-2018-4280: Mach port replacement vulnerability in launchd on iOS 11.2.6 leading to sandbox escape, privilege escalation, and codesigning bypass.

C Objective-C C++

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

244 stars 39 fork 39 watcher

Born at : Feb. 23, 2018, 12:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

bazad/launchd-portrep

CVE-2018-4280: Mach port replacement vulnerability in launchd on macOS 10.13.5 leading to local privilege escalation and SIP bypass.

Makefile C Shell

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

58 stars 4 fork 4 watcher

Born at : Jan. 22, 2018, 6:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

kai5263499/osx-security-awesome

A collection of OSX and iOS security resources

mac-osx osx-security malware osx-incident-response hacking-mac awesome awesome-list

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

721 stars 108 fork 108 watcher

Born at : July 31, 2016, 2:39 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 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-2018-4280 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-4280 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

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

Apr. 05, 2019

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:P/I:P/A:P)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Changed	Reference Type	https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208938 No Types Assigned	https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208938 Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208935 No Types Assigned	https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208935 Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208936 No Types Assigned	https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208936 Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208937 No Types Assigned	https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208937 Vendor Advisory
Added	CWE		CWE-119
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 11.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 11.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 4.3.2

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-2018-4280 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-2018-4280 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-2018-4280

Apple iOS Memory Corruption

Description

INFO

April 3, 2019, 6:29 p.m.

April 5, 2019, 6:49 p.m.

No

5.9

1.8

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

Affected Products

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

0.25 }} 0.10%

0.64258

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System

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