In macOS High Sierra before 10.13.3, Security Update 2018-001 Sierra, and Security Update 2018-001 El Capitan, a permissions issue existed in Remote Management. This issue was addressed through improved permission validation.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 10.13.x prior to 10.13.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - Admin Framework
  - APFS
  - ATS
  - CoreFoundation
  - CoreText
  - Disk Images
  - Disk Management
  - File System Events
  - iCloud Drive
  - Intel Graphics Driver
  - IOFireWireFamily
  - Kernel
  - kext tools
  - LaunchServices
  - Mail
  - Notes
  - NSURLSession
  - NVIDIA Graphics Drivers
  - PDFKit
  - PluginKit
  - Quick Look
  - Security
  - Storage
  - System Preferences
  - Terminal
  - WindowServer

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.

The remote host is running Mac OS X 10.11.6 or Mac OS X 10.12.6 and is missing a security update. It is therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities affecting the following components :

  - Audio
  - curl
  - IOHIDFamily
  - Kernel
  - LinkPresentation
  - QuartzCore
  - Sandbox
  - Security
  - WebKit
  - Wi-Fi

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
108786	macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
106297	macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-001) (Meltdown)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2018-4298

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