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Apple Xcode < 10.2 Code Execution (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 135296

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Synopsis

An IDE application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Apple Xcode installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 10.2. It is, therefore, affected by a memory corruption issue due to improper input checking. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Apple Xcode version 10.2 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209606

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135296

File Name: macos_xcode_10_2.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 4/10/2020

Updated: 5/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-4461

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:xcode

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Apple Xcode

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-4461

APPLE-SA: HT209606