Apple iOS up to 9.3.3 Printing UIKit information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 9.3.3 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Printing UIKit. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Printing UIKit in Apple iOS before 10 mishandles environment variables, which allows local users to discover cleartext AirPrint preview content by reading a temporary file.

The weakness was disclosed 09/13/2016 by Raul Siles with DinoSec as HT207143 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-4749 since 05/11/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

An issue existed in AirPrint preview. This was addressed through improved environment sanitization.

Upgrading to version 10 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries 91604, 91602, 91603 and 91605 are pretty similar.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 10

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05/11/2016 🔍
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09/14/2016 +1 days 🔍
09/18/2016 +4 days 🔍
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207143
Researcher: Raul Siles
Organization: DinoSec
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4749 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036797
SecurityFocus: 92932 - Apple iOS Prior to 10 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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

Created: 09/14/2016 18:03
Updated: 09/16/2022 15:59
Changes: 09/14/2016 18:03 (59), 04/16/2019 20:48 (14), 09/16/2022 15:59 (3)
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