HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-4237

Iphone Os vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
13.9%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.4 is affected. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. tvOS before 11.4 is affected. watchOS before 4.3.1 is affected. The issue involves the "libxpc" component. It allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted app that leverages a logic error.
Affected vendor
Apple
Affected product
Iphone Os
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-06-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 13.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-4237

  • Confirm whether Apple Iphone Os is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-4237.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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