Apple Xcode Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability (HT209606)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:apple:xcode";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.815010");
  script_version("2025-09-19T15:40:40+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-4461");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-04-05 18:09:00 +0000 (Fri, 05 Apr 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-03-27 17:59:12 +0530 (Wed, 27 Mar 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_name("Apple Xcode Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability (HT209606)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apple Xcode is prone to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
  on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to a memory corruption issue
  related to improper input validation.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
  remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apple Xcode prior to version 10.2");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Apple Xcode 10.2 or later. Please see the references for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209606");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl", "gb_xcode_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/osx_version", "Xcode/MacOSX/Version");
  exit(0);
}


include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

osVer = get_kb_item("ssh/login/osx_version");
if(!osVer || version_is_less(version:osVer, test_version:"10.13.6")){
  exit(0);
}

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE)){
  exit(0);
}

xcVer = infos["version"];
xcpath = infos["location"];

if(version_is_less(version:xcVer, test_version:"10.2"))
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:xcVer, fixed_version:"10.2", install_path:xcpath);
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}
exit(0);