Apple iOS/iPadOS Address Bar clickjacking

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS. This affects an unknown part of the component Address Bar Handler. Performing a manipulation results in clickjacking. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-24128. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (version now known). This affects some unknown processing of the component Address Bar Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a clickjacking vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-451. The user interface (UI) does not properly represent critical information to the user, allowing the information - or its source - to be obscured or spoofed. This is often a component in phishing attacks. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, Safari 18.3, iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3. Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-24128 since 01/17/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/01/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1566.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214659 (macOS 15.x < 15.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122068)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214659). 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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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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