A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 13.5.1 (Smartphone Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a channel accessible vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-300. The product does not adequately verify the identity of actors at both ends of a communication channel, or does not adequately ensure the integrity of the channel, in a way that allows the channel to be accessed or influenced by an actor that is not an endpoint. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 07/15/2020 by William J. Tolley, Beau Kujath and Jedidiah R. Crandall as HT211288 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-14899. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/16/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1557 for this issue. The advisory points out:

A routing issue was addressed with improved restrictions.

Upgrading to version 13.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries 146991, 158577, 158578 and 158579 are related to this item.

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