Apple Safari 6.0/7.0/8.0 history.plist Browser History information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Safari 6.0/7.0/8.0 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown functionality of the file history.plist. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Browser History). 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.

The weakness was released 04/08/2015 by Renata Hodovan with University of Szeged as HT204658 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-1112 since 01/16/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82711 (Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 6.2.5 / 7.1.5 / 8.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123514 (Apple Safari 6.2.5/ 7.1.5/ 8.0.5 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (102116), Tenable (82711), SecurityFocus (BID 73972†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032047†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49501†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-74689, VDB-74690, VDB-74692 and VDB-74693. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Name: Browser History
Class: Information disclosure / Browser History
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 82711
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 6.2.5 / 7.1.5 / 8.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 802234
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 Apr15 (Mac OS X)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT204658
Researcher: Renata Hodovan
Organization: University of Szeged
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-1112 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1112
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74691
X-Force: 102116 - Apple Safari history.plist information disclosure
SecurityFocus: 73972 - WebKit Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1032047 - Apple Safari Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 49501 - Apple Safari Remote Information Disclosure due to not Deleting Browsing History Data from the history.plist File, Medium

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Created: 04/10/2015 09:36 AM
Updated: 05/03/2022 08:42 AM
Changes: 04/10/2015 09:36 AM (74), 06/25/2017 08:47 AM (10), 05/03/2022 08:38 AM (3), 05/03/2022 08:42 AM (1)
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