Apple iPhone OS up to 2.2.1 Password Policy access control

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
3.8$0-$5k0.00

A vulnerability has been found in Apple iPhone OS up to 2.2.1 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Password Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Profiles component in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, when installing a configuration profile, can replace the password policy from Exchange ActiveSync with a weaker password policy, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the intended policy.

The weakness was disclosed 06/18/2009 with Apple as HT3639 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-1679 since 05/20/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (51212). The entries 48670, 48669, 48668 and 48666 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Support

  • end of life

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Dayunlockunlockunlockunlock
Todayunlockunlockunlockunlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

05/20/2009 🔍
06/17/2009 +28 days 🔍
06/17/2009 +0 days 🔍
06/18/2009 +1 days 🔍
06/18/2009 +0 days 🔍
06/19/2009 +0 days 🔍
12/16/2014 +2006 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +91 days 🔍
06/15/2017 +821 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT3639
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2009-1679 (🔍)
X-Force: 51212
Vulnerability Center: 47639 - Apple iOS 1.0 Through 2.2.1 Local Security Bypass due to an Error in the Profiles Component, Low
SecurityFocus: 35436 - Apple iPhone and iPod touch Configuration Profile Handling Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 55239 - Apple iPhone / iPod Touch Configuration Profile Exchange ActiveSync Passcode Policy Weakness
Vupen: ADV-2009-1621

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 06/15/2017 11:33
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (60), 06/15/2017 11:33 (6)
Complete: 🔍

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

Interested in the pricing of exploits?

See the underground prices here!