Apple iOS up to 9.2 Profiles authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iOS up to 9.2. Affected is an unknown function of the component Profiles. The manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-1766. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 9.2 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Profiles. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Profiles component in Apple iOS before 9.3 does not properly validate certificates, which allows attackers to spoof an MDM profile trust relationship via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was shared 03/21/2016 with Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) as HT206166 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-1766 since 01/13/2016. 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. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/11/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

A certificate validation issue existed in MDM profiles. This was addressed through additional checks.

Upgrading to version 9.3 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 X-Force (111757) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57527†). The entries VDB-81414, VDB-81421, VDB-81422 and VDB-81423 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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Status: Unproven

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 9.3

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT206166
Organization: Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1766 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1766
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81509
X-Force: 111757 - Apple iOS Profiles spoofing
SecurityTracker: 1035353
Vulnerability Center: 57527 - Apple iOS <9.3 Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability of MDM Profiles, Medium

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

Created: 03/23/2016 12:48
Updated: 07/11/2022 13:23
Changes: 03/23/2016 12:48 (68), 02/02/2019 10:57 (9), 07/11/2022 13:23 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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