Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 15.3.1 Preferences information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 15.3.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Preferences. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-22609. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 15.3.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Preferences. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. 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 weakness was published 03/14/2022 by Zhipeng Huo as HT213182 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-22609. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

A malicious application may be able to read other applications' settings

Upgrading to version 15.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 15.4

Timelineinfo

01/05/2022 🔍
03/14/2022 +68 days 🔍
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03/15/2022 +1 days 🔍
03/17/2022 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213182
Researcher: Zhipeng Huo
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-22609 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22609
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-194975
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2022 09:09
Updated: 03/17/2022 09:05
Changes: 03/15/2022 09:09 (18), 03/15/2022 09:12 (29), 03/17/2022 09:05 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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