CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Apple iTunes up to 12.5.4 on Windows (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 01/19/2017. The weakness was disclosed 01/23/2017 with Team Pangu as HT207486 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-2356 since 12/01/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved input validation.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96798 (macOS : Apple Safari < 10.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 370283 (Apple Safari 10.0.3 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2017-01-23-5)).
Upgrading to version 12.5.5 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 (96798). The entries 95912, 95921, 95922 and 95919 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
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VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploiting
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: 96798
Nessus Name: macOS : Apple Safari < 10.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 800804
OpenVAS Name: Apple iTunes Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities Jan17 (Windows)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: iTunes 12.5.5
Timeline
12/01/2016 🔍01/19/2017 🔍
01/23/2017 🔍
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01/23/2017 🔍
01/25/2017 🔍
01/26/2017 🔍
02/20/2017 🔍
11/04/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT207486
Organization: Team Pangu
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2356 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037668
SecurityFocus: 95736 - WebKit Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 01/25/2017 11:54Updated: 11/04/2022 08:08
Changes: 01/25/2017 11:54 (80), 06/03/2020 17:57 (5), 11/04/2022 08:08 (4)
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