Apple Safari up to 9 WebKit Page Loading URL information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Safari up to 9. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component WebKit Page Loading. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (URL). This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-1786. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Safari up to 9 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component WebKit Page Loading. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (URL). 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, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 03/18/2016 by ma.la as HT206171 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-1786 since 01/12/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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:

Redirect responses may have allowed a malicious website to display an arbitrary URL and read cached contents of the destination origin. This issue was addressed through improved URL display logic.

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.

Similar entries are available at VDB-81414, VDB-81415, VDB-81416 and VDB-81419. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 9.1

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01/12/2016 🔍
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: ma.la
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-1786 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1786
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81425
SecurityTracker: 1035353

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2016 12:02
Updated: 07/10/2022 17:40
Changes: 03/23/2016 12:02 (58), 09/08/2018 10:08 (13), 07/10/2022 17:40 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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