CVE-2018-10405 describes a vulnerability in Google Santa and molcodesignchecker that allows a maliciously crafted Universal/fat binary to bypass third-party code signing checks. This flaw enables unsigned malicious code to execute, despite appearing to be legitimately signed by Apple. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in the KEV catalog, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:santa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.