Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 Safari Safe Browsing authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iOS up to 8.4.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component Safari Safe Browsing. The manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Safari Safe Browsing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is integrity.

The weakness was presented 09/16/2015 by Xin Li with Indiana University as HT205212 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

See VDB-77828, VDB-77762, VDB-77763 and VDB-77764 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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 9

Timelineinfo

09/16/2015 🔍
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09/18/2015 +2 days 🔍
12/25/2017 +829 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205212
Researcher: Xin Li
Organization: Indiana University
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77813
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/18/2015 13:09
Updated: 12/25/2017 12:33
Changes: 09/18/2015 13:09 (46), 12/25/2017 12:33 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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