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A vulnerability has been found in Receptionist on iPad and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file contact.json. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-17502. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is no exploit available. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Receptionist on iPad (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the file contact.json. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 Receptionist for iPad could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the contact.json file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the contact names, phone numbers and emails.

The bug was discovered 03/04/2019. The weakness was presented 03/21/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-17502 since 09/25/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. A authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 17 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:contact.json it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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