CVE-2018-4106 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the Bracketed Paste Mode of the "Terminal" component. It allows user-assisted attackers to inject arbitrary commands within pasted content.

Published: 2018-04-03

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-15892	An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the Bracketed Paste Mode of the "Terminal" component. It allows user-assisted attackers to inject arbitrary commands within pasted content.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01699.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103582
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040608
https://support.apple.com/HT208692

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2018-04-03T06:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:04:29.646Z

Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-4106

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-03T06:29:04.280

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:58:22.550

Link: CVE-2018-4106

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-74
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

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