VDB-10392 · CVE-2013-2848 · BID 60063

Apple iOS up to 6.1.4 WebKit URL information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 6.1.4 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code of the component WebKit. The manipulation as part of a URL leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The XSS Auditor in Google Chrome before 27.0.1453.93 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 09/18/2013 by Egor Homakov as APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2 iOS 7 as confirmed mailinglist post (Website). The advisory is shared for download at prod.lists.apple.com. The mailinglist post contains:

An information disclosure issue existed in XSSAuditor. This issue was addressed through improved handling of URLs.
This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-2848 since 04/11/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66676 (Debian DSA-2695-1 : chromium-browser - several issues), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121201 (Google Chrome Prior to 27.0.1453.93 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version iOS 7.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (66676). Further details are available at zdnet.com. The entries 5610, 8303, 8503 and 8559 are pretty similar.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 66676
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2695-1 : chromium-browser - several issues
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OpenVAS ID: 892695
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2695-1 (chromium-browser - several issues
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS iOS 7.0

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05/21/2013 +39 days 🔍
05/22/2013 +1 days 🔍
05/30/2013 +8 days 🔍
09/18/2013 +111 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2 iOS 7
Researcher: Egor Homakov
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-2848 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 60063
Secunia: 54886 - Apple iOS Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Created: 09/20/2013 10:34
Updated: 05/25/2021 16:54
Changes: 09/20/2013 10:34 (78), 03/24/2019 15:13 (2), 05/25/2021 16:54 (4)
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