What is CVE-2018-10408?

CVE-2018-10408 is a high-severity vulnerability in Virustotal, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-10408?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Virustotal

CVE-2018-10408

An issue was discovered in VirusTotal. A maliciously crafted Universal/fat binary can evade third-party code signing checks. By not completing full inspection of the Universal/fat binary, the user of the third-party tool will believe that the code is signed by Apple, but the malicious unsigned code will execute.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.009 (54.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Virustotal
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10408?: CVE-2018-10408 is a high-severity vulnerability in Virustotal, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-10408?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.