Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 CFNetwork Proxies Cookie injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component CFNetwork Proxies. This manipulation causes injection (Cookie). This vulnerability appears as CVE-2015-5841. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component CFNetwork Proxies. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability (Cookie). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The CFNetwork Proxies component in Apple iOS before 9 does not properly handle a Set-Cookie header within a response to an HTTP CONNECT request, which allows remote proxy servers to conduct cookie-injection attacks via a crafted response.

The weakness was presented 09/16/2015 by Xiaofeng Zheng (beist) as HT205212 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-5841 since 08/06/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/21/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1055 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An issue existed in the handling of proxy connect responses. This issue was addressed by removing the set-cookie header while parsing the connect response.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86270 (Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)), 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 370192 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3)).

Upgrading to version 9 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 Tenable (86270) and SecurityFocus (BID 76764†). See VDB-9015, VDB-68413, VDB-74127 and VDB-77828 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Name: Cookie
Class: Injection / Cookie
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 86270
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)
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Upgrade: iOS 9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205212
Researcher: Xiaofeng Zheng (beist)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5841 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5841
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77773
SecurityFocus: 76764 - Apple iOS APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033609

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Created: 09/18/2015 13:08
Updated: 11/21/2024 11:40
Changes: 09/18/2015 13:08 (56), 12/24/2017 09:53 (12), 06/15/2022 21:37 (3), 06/15/2022 21:50 (1), 11/21/2024 11:40 (16)
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