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Apple iOS < 8 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 77745

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Synopsis

The version of iOS running on the mobile device is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The mobile device is running a version of iOS prior to version 8. It is, therefore, affected by vulnerabilities in the following components :

 - 802.1X
 - Accessibility
 - Accounts
 - Accounts Framework
 - Address Book
 - App Installation
 - Assets
 - Bluetooth
 - Certificate Trust Policy
 - CoreGraphics
 - Data Detectors
 - Foundation
 - Home and Lock Screen
 - iMessage
 - IOAcceleratorFamily
 - IOHIDFamily
 - IOKit
 - Kernel
 - Libnotify
 - Lockdown
 - Lockdown
 - Mail
 - Profiles
 - Safari
 - Sandbox Profiles
 - Settings
 - syslog
 - Weather
 - WebKit
 - Wifi

Solution

Upgrade to Apple iOS 8 or later.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533483/30/0/threaded

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201395

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533467/30/0/threaded

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77745

File Name: apple_ios_80_check.nbin

Version: 1.111

Type: local

Published: 9/18/2014

Updated: 7/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4418

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4422

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:iphone_os

Required KB Items: mdm/dependency/unlocked

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2014

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 8/10/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Metasploit (Mac OS X IOKit Keyboard Driver Root Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2391, CVE-2013-5227, CVE-2013-6663, CVE-2013-6835, CVE-2014-1348, CVE-2014-1360, CVE-2014-1384, CVE-2014-1385, CVE-2014-1387, CVE-2014-1388, CVE-2014-1389, CVE-2014-4352, CVE-2014-4353, CVE-2014-4354, CVE-2014-4356, CVE-2014-4357, CVE-2014-4361, CVE-2014-4362, CVE-2014-4363, CVE-2014-4364, CVE-2014-4366, CVE-2014-4367, CVE-2014-4368, CVE-2014-4369, CVE-2014-4371, CVE-2014-4372, CVE-2014-4373, CVE-2014-4374, CVE-2014-4375, CVE-2014-4377, CVE-2014-4378, CVE-2014-4379, CVE-2014-4380, CVE-2014-4381, CVE-2014-4383, CVE-2014-4384, CVE-2014-4386, CVE-2014-4388, CVE-2014-4389, CVE-2014-4404, CVE-2014-4405, CVE-2014-4407, CVE-2014-4408, CVE-2014-4409, CVE-2014-4410, CVE-2014-4411, CVE-2014-4412, CVE-2014-4413, CVE-2014-4414, CVE-2014-4415, CVE-2014-4418, CVE-2014-4419, CVE-2014-4420, CVE-2014-4421, CVE-2014-4422, CVE-2014-4423

BID: 62531, 64355, 65930, 66108, 67263, 68276, 69223, 69903, 69911, 69912, 69913, 69914, 69915, 69917, 69919, 69920, 69921, 69922, 69923, 69924, 69926, 69927, 69928, 69929, 69930, 69931, 69932, 69934, 69936, 69937, 69938, 69939, 69940, 69941, 69942, 69943, 69944, 69945, 69946, 69947, 69948, 69949, 69951

APPLE-SA: APPLE-SA-2014-09-17-1