Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 WebKit Canvas information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple iOS up to 8.4.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component WebKit Canvas. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-5788. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component WebKit Canvas. 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:

The WebKit Canvas implementation in Apple iOS before 9 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive image information via vectors involving a CANVAS element.

The weakness was presented 09/16/2015 by Guillaume Ross with Apple as HT205212 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5788 since 08/06/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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 124142 (Apple Safari 9.0 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-2)).

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 76766†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53045†). See VDB-9015, VDB-68413, VDB-74127 and VDB-77762 for similar entries. 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: 86270
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)
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OpenVAS ID: 803032
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Oct15 (Mac OS X)
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Upgrade: iOS 9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205212
Researcher: Guillaume Ross
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5788 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5788
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77828
SecurityFocus: 76766 - WebKit APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033609
Vulnerability Center: 53045 - Apple Safari <9 Remote Information Disclosure due to a Race Condition Issue, Medium

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

Created: 09/18/2015 13:08
Updated: 06/16/2022 11:02
Changes: 09/18/2015 13:08 (67), 02/01/2018 07:10 (12), 06/16/2022 10:55 (3), 06/16/2022 11:02 (1)
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