Google Santa Code Signing Bypass (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 110519

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Synopsis

A binary whitelisting and blacklisting application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is vulnerable to accepting forged Apple signatures.

Description

The installed version of Google Santa is less than 0.9.25 and is therefore vulnerable to allowing execution of malicious binaries due to accepting forged Apple signatures.

Solution

Update Google Santa to version 0.9.25 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110519

File Name: macosx_google_santa_0_9_25.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2018

Updated: 11/5/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10405

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: x-cpe:/a:google:santa

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Santa

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10405

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