Apple iOS up to 7.1.2 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Apple iOS up to 7.1.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-4374. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple iOS up to 7.1.2 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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. CVE summarizes:

NSXMLParser in Foundation in Apple iOS before 8 allows attackers to read arbitrary files via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

The weakness was shared 09/17/2014 by George Gal (evad3rs) with VSR as HT6441 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-4374 since 06/20/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77748 (Mac OS X 10.9.x < 10.9.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122690 (Apple Mac OS X v10.9.5 and Security Update 2014-004 Not Installed (HT6443)).

Upgrading to version 8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96077), Tenable (77748) and SecurityFocus (BID 69882†). The entries VDB-67237, VDB-67579, VDB-67593 and VDB-67592 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 77748
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.9.x < 10.9.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 8

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT6441
Researcher: George Gal (evad3rs)
Organization: VSR
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4374 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4374
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67574

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X-Force: 96077
SecurityFocus: 69882 - RETIRED: Apple iOS Prior to iOS 8 and TV Prior to TV 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1030866

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/22/2014 17:39
Updated: 02/16/2022 09:03
Changes: 09/22/2014 17:39 (61), 07/05/2017 08:52 (11), 02/16/2022 08:59 (3), 02/16/2022 09:03 (1)
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