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7.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component CFNetwork. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The CFNetwork HTTPProtocol component in Apple iOS before 9 allows remote attackers to bypass the HSTS protection mechanism, and consequently obtain sensitive information, via a crafted URL.
The weakness was disclosed 09/16/2015 by Xiaofeng Zheng (beist) as HT205212 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-5858 since 08/06/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/15/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:
A URL parsing vulnerability existed in HSTS handling. This issue was addressed through improved URL parsing.
Upgrading to version 9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The entries 9015, 68413, 77828 and 77762 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: iOS 9
Timeline
08/06/2015 🔍09/16/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205212
Researcher: Xiaofeng Zheng (beist)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5858 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1033609
Vulnerability Center: 53106 - Apple MacOS X before 10.11 Remote Information Disclosure in CFNetwork - CVE-2015-5858, Medium
SecurityFocus: 76764 - Apple iOS APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 09/18/2015 01:08 PMUpdated: 06/15/2022 08:34 PM
Changes: 09/18/2015 01:08 PM (58), 02/02/2018 08:23 AM (12), 06/15/2022 08:34 PM (3)
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