Apple iOS up to 8.3 Universal Provisioning Profile App resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 8.3 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Universal Provisioning Profile App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

MobileInstallation in Apple iOS before 8.4 does not ensure the uniqueness of Watch bundle IDs, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (ID collision and Watch launch outage) via a crafted universal provisioning profile app.

The weakness was published 06/30/2015 by Zhaofeng Chen, Hui Xue and Tao Lenx Wei (WanderingGlitch) with Zero Day Initiative as HT20494 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-3725 since 05/07/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. 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 $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/02/2017). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

Upgrading to version 8.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12212.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (104377). Similar entries are available at 75568, 76198, 76201 and 76202.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Status: Unproven

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Upgrade: iOS 8.4
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT20494
Researcher: Zhaofeng Chen, Hui Xue, Tao Lenx Wei (WanderingGlitch)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-3725 (🔍)
X-Force: 104377 - Apple iOS MobileInstallation denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1032761 - Apple iOS Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 50833 - Apple iOS <8.4 Remote DoS of Watch App via Universal Provisioning Profile App, Medium
SecurityFocus: 75490 - Apple iOS APPLE-SA-2015-06-30-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2015 13:20
Updated: 07/02/2017 12:12
Changes: 07/02/2015 13:20 (71), 07/02/2017 12:12 (6)
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