Apple iOS 7 Find My iPhone access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple iOS 7. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Find My iPhone. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-2019. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Further authentication should be added.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS 7 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Find My iPhone. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

The iCloud subsystem in Apple iOS before 7.1 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an intended password requirement, and turn off the Find My iPhone service or complete a Delete Account action and then associate this service with a different Apple ID account, by entering an arbitrary iCloud Account Password value and a blank iCloud Account Description value.

The weakness was published 02/05/2014 by Bradley Williams (bwilliams210) as Security flaw in Find My iPhone iCloud Lock BYPASS as confirmed video (Youtube). The advisory is available at youtu.be. The vendor was not involved in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-2019 since 02/18/2014. Local access is required to approach this attack. A authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by Bradley Williams (bwilliams210) and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at youtu.be. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding Passcode/Touch ID as an authentication mechanism. It appears that this issue is fixed in iOS 7.1 Beta 5.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94031), SecurityFocus (BID 65652†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47591†). Further details are available at macrumors.com. Similar entries are available at VDB-5639, VDB-9023, VDB-11525 and VDB-11527. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Bradley Williams (bwilliams210)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: Security flaw in Find My iPhone iCloud Lock BYPASS
Researcher: Bradley Williams (bwilliams210)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-2019 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2019
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12210
X-Force: 94031 - Apple iOS iCloud subsystem security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 65652 - Apple iOS CVE-2014-2019 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 47591 - Apple iOS <7.1 Local Security Bypass in the iCloud Subsystem, Medium

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

Created: 02/07/2014 15:31
Updated: 06/09/2021 07:35
Changes: 02/07/2014 15:31 (82), 06/15/2017 11:26 (2), 06/09/2021 07:35 (13)
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