Apple tvOS up to 10.0 WebKit information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple tvOS up to 10.0 (Digital Media Player). This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component WebKit. 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.

The bug was discovered 12/14/2016. The weakness was released 12/13/2016 by Boris Zbarsky with Zero Day Initiative as HT207425 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-7586 since 09/09/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592. The advisory points out:

A validation issue was addressed through improved state management.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96676 (Fedora 25 : webkitgtk4 (2017-b015aa1d33)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370265 (Apple iTunes Prior to 12.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT207427)).

Upgrading to version 10.1 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 (96676). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 94143, 94194, 94199 and 94200.

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

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 96676
Nessus Name: Fedora 25 : webkitgtk4 (2017-b015aa1d33)
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OpenVAS ID: 802225
OpenVAS Name: Apple iCloud Multiple Vulnerabilities Feb17 (Windows)
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Upgrade: tvOS 10.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207425
Researcher: Boris Zbarsky
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7586 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037459
SecurityFocus: 94907 - Apple Safari/Cloud/iTunes/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Created: 12/14/2016 12:25
Updated: 10/07/2022 08:18
Changes: 12/14/2016 12:25 (75), 07/06/2019 12:26 (9), 10/07/2022 08:18 (4)
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