Apple iOS up to 7.1.2 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple iOS up to 7.1.2. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-4420. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 7.1.2 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. 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 shared 09/17/2014 by Fermin J. Serna (evad3rs) with Google Security Team as HT6441 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-4420 since 06/20/2014. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77822 (Apple TV < 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc.. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123193 (Apple Mac OS X v10.10.2 and Security Update 2015-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4)).

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 (96102), Tenable (77822) and SecurityFocus (BID 69882†). The entries VDB-67368, VDB-67370, VDB-67371 and VDB-67372 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Nessus ID: 77822
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 7 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: Fermin J. Serna (evad3rs)
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4420 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4420
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67589

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X-Force: 96102
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: 12/16/2024 02:23
Changes: 09/22/2014 17:39 (50), 07/05/2017 08:50 (19), 02/20/2022 08:52 (4), 02/20/2022 08:56 (1), 12/16/2024 02:23 (16)
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