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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Xcode up to 7.1 (Programming Tool Software). This issue affects an unknown part of the component IDE SCM. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
IDE SCM in Apple Xcode before 7.2 does not recognize .gitignore files, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the presence of a file matching an ignore pattern.
The weakness was presented 12/08/2015 as HT205642 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7056 since 09/16/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. The advisory points out:
Xcode did not honor the .gitignore directive. This issue was addressed by adding support to honor .gitignore file.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87737 (Apple Xcode < 7.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370197 (Apple Xcode v7.2 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-6)).
Upgrading to version 7.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (87737). See 79734, 79735 and 79732 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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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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Nessus ID: 87737
Nessus Name: Apple Xcode < 7.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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Upgrade: Xcode 7.2
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205642
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7056 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1034340
Vulnerability Center: 55175 - Apple Xcode <7.2 Remote Unspecified Vulnerabilityvia Untracked Files - CVE-2015-7056, High
SecurityFocus: 78727
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Entry
Created: 12/09/2015 15:22Updated: 05/14/2018 10:21
Changes: 12/09/2015 15:22 (68), 05/14/2018 10:21 (8)
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