Apple iOS up to 9.3.1 CFNetwork Proxies User information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 9.3.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component CFNetwork Proxies. This manipulation causes information disclosure (User). This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-1801. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS up to 9.3.1 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component CFNetwork Proxies. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (User). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The CFNetwork Proxies subsystem in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, and tvOS before 9.2.1 mishandles URLs in http and https requests, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 05/16/2016 by Alex Chapman with Context Information Security as HT206568 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-1801 since 01/13/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 information leak existed in the handling of HTTP and HTTPS requests. This issue was addressed through improved URL handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91228 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122912 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.5 and Security Update 2016-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4)).

Upgrading to version 9.3.2 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 (91228) and SecurityFocus (BID 90697†). See VDB-87425, VDB-87434, VDB-87435 and VDB-87436 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: User
Class: Information disclosure / User
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 91228
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 881901
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 November-2016
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 9.3.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT206568
Researcher: Alex Chapman
Organization: Context Information Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1801 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1801
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87493
SecurityFocus: 90697 - Apple tvOS/Mac OS X/iOS CVE-2016-1801 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1035890

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

Created: 05/18/2016 12:20
Updated: 08/21/2022 08:36
Changes: 05/18/2016 12:20 (82), 12/01/2018 23:48 (5), 08/21/2022 08:36 (4)
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