VDB-161351 · CVE-2020-9979 · HT211850

Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 13.7 Assets resource transfer

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.1	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 13.7. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Assets. The manipulation leads to resource transfer. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-9979. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 13.7 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Assets. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource transfer vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-669. The product does not properly transfer a resource/behavior to another sphere, or improperly imports a resource/behavior from another sphere, in a manner that provides unintended control over that resource. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 09/16/2020 by CodeColorist with Ant-Financial LightYear Labs as HT211850 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-9979. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

A trust issue was addressed by removing a legacy API.

Upgrading to version 14.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-161350, VDB-161352, VDB-161353 and VDB-161354. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Apple

Name

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource transfer
CWE: CWE-669
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 14.0

Timelineinfo

09/16/2020 🔍
09/16/2020 +0 days 🔍
09/17/2020 +1 days 🔍
09/17/2020 +0 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT211850
Researcher: CodeColorist
Organization: Ant-Financial LightYear Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-9979 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9979
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-161351
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 09/17/2020 06:55
Updated: 09/17/2020 07:00
Changes: 09/17/2020 06:55 (47), 09/17/2020 07:00 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103