CVE-2018-4173 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting iOS before 11.3 and macOS before 10.13.4, specifically within the "Status Bar" component. This flaw allows a malicious application to gain invisible access to the device's microphone without user knowledge or consent. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but with low attack complexity (AC:L), leading to a high impact on integrity (I:H) due to unauthorized microphone use. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.13.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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