Vulnerability Name:

CCN-170888

Published:2019-11-04
Updated:2019-11-04
Summary:Apple macOS and iOS are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an issue with fseventsd running as root and unsandboxed. By persuading a victim to execute a specially-crafted program, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
apple-macos-fseventsd-dos(170888)

Source: CCN
Type: Packet Storm Security [11-04-2019]
Apple macOS 10.15.1 Denial Of Service

Source: CCN
Type: Apple Web site
Apple macOS and iOS

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: EXPLOIT
Offensive Security Exploit Database [11-04-2019]

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:apple:ios:12.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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    apple iphone os 12.4.1