Apple Safari up to 9.0.1 WebKit History information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 9.0.1. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component WebKit. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure (History). This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-7050. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Safari up to 9.0.1 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown function of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (History). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.2 and Safari before 9.0.2 misparses content extensions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive browsing-history information via a crafted web site.

The weakness was presented 12/08/2015 as HT205639 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-7050 since 09/16/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An insufficient input validation issue existed in content blocking. This issue was addressed through improved content extension parsing.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87371 (Apple iTunes < 12.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124424 (Apple iTunes Prior to 12.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2015-12-11-1)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.2 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 (87371), SecurityFocus (BID 78722†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55206†). See VDB-79545, VDB-79546, VDB-79547 and VDB-79553 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: History
Class: Information disclosure / History
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 87371
Nessus Name: Apple iTunes < 12.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)
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Upgrade: Safari 9.0.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205639
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7050 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7050
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79653
SecurityFocus: 78722 - WebKit CVE-2015-7050 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034341
Vulnerability Center: 55206 - Apple iOS <9.2 Remote Information Disclosure due to a Flaw in Webkit - CVE-2015-7050, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/09/2015 14:57
Updated: 06/30/2022 08:32
Changes: 12/09/2015 14:57 (67), 05/14/2018 10:31 (10), 06/30/2022 08:32 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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