Apple watchOS up to 6.2.7 WebKit Web Inspector command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple watchOS up to 6.2.7 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component WebKit Web Inspector. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-9862. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 6.2.7 (Smartwatch Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component WebKit Web Inspector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 07/15/2020 by Ophir Lojkine as HT211291 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-9862. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is necessary for 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

A command injection issue existed in Web Inspector. This issue was addressed with improved escaping.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 241427 (RHEL 7 : webkitgtk4 (RHSA-2025:10364)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.2.8 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 (241427). See VDB-158603, VDB-158606, VDB-158607 and VDB-158608 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Smartwatch Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• watchOS

Version

• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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