Apple iOS up to 9.3.1 Safari information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Apple iOS up to 9.3.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Safari. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-1849. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 9.3.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Safari. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. 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 availability.

The weakness was presented 05/16/2016 as HT206568 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-1849 since 01/13/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

"Clear History and Website Data" did not clear the history. The issue was addressed through improved data deletion.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91221 (Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 9.1.1 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 l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370008 (Apple Safari 9.1.1 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-5)).

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 vulnerability database at Tenable (91221). See VDB-87492, VDB-87495, VDB-87497 and VDB-87498 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 91221
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 9.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 802484
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities November16 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 9.3.2

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01/13/2016 🔍
05/16/2016 +124 days 🔍
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05/18/2016 +2 days 🔍
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05/20/2016 +2 days 🔍
08/21/2022 +2284 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT206568
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1849 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1849
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87523
SecurityTracker: 1035888

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

Created: 05/18/2016 12:52
Updated: 08/21/2022 09:58
Changes: 05/18/2016 12:52 (77), 12/02/2018 09:49 (2), 08/21/2022 09:58 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:E94:103

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