Privilege escalation in macOS - CVE-2018-4098
Published: January 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10217
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4098
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a boundary error in the IOHIDFamily component. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
The weakness exists due to a boundary error in the IOHIDFamily component. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Affected software
macOS
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4098
Update to version 10.13.3