Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 Game Center Mail information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple iOS up to 8.4.1. This affects an unknown part of the component Game Center. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (Mail). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-5855. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Game Center. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Mail). 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 summary by CVE is:

Apple iOS before 9 allows attackers to discover the e-mail address of a player via a crafted Game Center app.

The weakness was presented 09/16/2015 by Nasser Alnasser as HT205212 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-5855 since 08/06/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 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), SecurityFocus (BID 76764†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53140†). See VDB-9015, VDB-68413, VDB-74127 and VDB-77828 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Name: Mail
Class: Information disclosure / Mail
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 86270
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205212
Researcher: Nasser Alnasser
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5855 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5855
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77783
SecurityFocus: 76764
SecurityTracker: 1033609
Vulnerability Center: 53140 - Apple MacOS X before 10.11 Remote Information Disclosure of emails in Game Center - CVE-2015-5855, Medium

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

Created: 09/18/2015 13:09
Updated: 11/21/2024 12:26
Changes: 09/18/2015 13:09 (67), 02/02/2018 09:19 (3), 06/16/2022 07:14 (3), 06/16/2022 07:19 (1), 11/21/2024 12:26 (16)
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