PT-2018-16451 · Apple · Watchos+3

Samuel Groß · Published 2018-04-03 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-4166

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 11.3 macOS versions prior to 10.13.4 tvOS versions prior to 11.3 watchOS versions prior to 4.3

Description The issue involves the NSURLSession component and is related to a race condition. This condition allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 11.3, update to version 11.3 or later. For macOS versions prior to 10.13.4, update to version 10.13.4 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 11.3, update to version 11.3 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 4.3, update to version 4.3 or later.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-4166

Affected Products

Ios

Apple Macos

Tvos

Watchos

References · 8

• https://support.apple.com/HT208698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT208696 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT208692 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4166 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT208693 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-4166 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040608 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040604 · Note