Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 13.3.0 Safari Login AutoFill insufficiently protected credentials

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 13.3.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Safari Login AutoFill. Such manipulation leads to insufficiently protected credentials. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-3841. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 13.3.0 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Safari Login AutoFill. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The issue was addressed with improved UI handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1, Safari 13.0.5. A local user may unknowingly send a password unencrypted over the network.

The weakness was presented 01/28/2020 as HT210918 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-3841. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/28/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.

Upgrading to version 13.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Apple

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• iOS
• iPadOS

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• 13.0
• 13.1
• 13.2
• 13.3.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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