Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 13.3.1 Safari permissions

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 13.3.1. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Safari. The manipulation leads to permissions. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-9781. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 13.3.1 (Smartphone Operating System). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Safari. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permissions vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-281. The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed by clearing website permission prompts after navigation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4. A user may grant website permissions to a site they didn't intend to.

The weakness was shared 03/24/2020 as HT211102 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-9781. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/02/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

The issue was addressed by clearing website permission prompts after navigation.

Upgrading to version 13.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries VDB-152561, VDB-152562, VDB-152563 and VDB-152564 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Apple

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• iOS
• iPadOS

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• 13.3.0
• 13.3.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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