CVE-2018-4298 is a critical permissions issue in Apple's Remote Management feature, affecting macOS High Sierra, Sierra, and El Capitan, as well as iOS and watchOS. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it represents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 11.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.13.0, < 10.13.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.