CVE-2018-4168
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Files Widget" component. It allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the display of cached data on a locked device.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Files Widget" component. It allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the display of cached data on a locked device.
- Record
CVE-2018-4168- CVSS 3.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Files Widget" component. It allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the display of cached data on a locked device.
- Record
CVE-2018-4168- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-15954 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Files Widget" component. It allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the display of cached data on a locked device.
- Record
EUVD-2018-15954- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g7xw-3mfx-2m42
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Files Widget" component. It allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the display of cached data on a locked device.
- Record
GHSA-g7xw-3mfx-2m42- CVSS 3.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-4168 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Apple Iphone Os, published April 3, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.