Apple Safari up to 9 WebKit Location information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Apple Safari up to 9. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WebKit. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure (Location). This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-1779. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 9 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Location). 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:

WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3 and Safari before 9.1 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain physical-location data via a crafted geolocation request.

The weakness was disclosed 03/18/2016 by xisigr as HT206171 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1779 since 01/12/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

An issue existed in the parsing of geolocation requests. This was addressed through improved validation of the security origin for geolocation requests.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124837 (Apple Safari 9.1 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-6)).

Upgrading to version 9.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Location
Class: Information disclosure / Location
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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OpenVAS ID: 802235
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Mar16 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 9.1

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03/18/2016 +65 days 🔍
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03/22/2016 +4 days 🔍
03/23/2016 +0 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT206171
Researcher: xisigr
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1779 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1779
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81422
SecurityTracker: 1035353

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2016 12:07
Updated: 07/10/2022 17:19
Changes: 03/23/2016 12:07 (59), 09/08/2018 10:08 (15), 07/10/2022 17:19 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:184:103

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