Apple iOS up to 12.1.3 Group FaceTime Audio information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple iOS up to 12.1.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Group FaceTime. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (Audio). This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-6223. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 12.1.3 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Group FaceTime. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Audio). 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.

The bug was discovered 01/28/2019. The weakness was disclosed 01/28/2019 by BmManski as HT209520 as confirmed tweet (Twitter). It is possible to read the advisory at twitter.com. The vendor was not involved in the public release. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-6223 since 01/11/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by BmManski and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at twitter.com. It is declared as attacked. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371634 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14.3, Supplemental Update Not Installed (HT209521)). The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 11/03/2021 with a due date of 05/03/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Upgrading to version 12.1.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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Name: Audio
Class: Information disclosure / Audio
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Status: Attacked
Author: BmManski
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Upgrade: iOS 12.1.4

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT209520
Researcher: BmManski
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-6223 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-6223
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-130307
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Created: 01/29/2019 13:35
Updated: 01/29/2025 19:59
Changes: 01/29/2019 13:35 (77), 05/09/2020 14:17 (2), 07/04/2023 06:26 (4), 04/19/2024 16:42 (27), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 01/29/2025 19:59 (12)
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