CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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9.6 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS up to 9.3.2 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component libxslt. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 07/18/2016 by Nick Wellnhofer as HT206902 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-4609 since 05/11/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. 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 09/05/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92494 (Apple TV < 9.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370092 (Apple iTunes Prior to 12.4.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-6)).
Upgrading to version 9.3.3 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 (92494). The entries 89675, 89684, 89686 and 89687 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6
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VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 92494
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 9.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities December-2016
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: iOS 9.3.3
Timeline
05/11/2016 🔍07/18/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT206902
Researcher: Nick Wellnhofer
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4609 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036348
SecurityFocus: 91826 - Apple iTunes APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-6 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 07/19/2016 16:33Updated: 09/05/2022 14:33
Changes: 07/19/2016 16:33 (70), 03/03/2019 09:41 (13), 09/05/2022 14:33 (4)
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