Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5 Safari Login AutoFill information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5. This affects an unknown part of the component Safari Login AutoFill. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2016-4595. An attack on the physical device is feasible. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5 (Operating System). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Safari Login AutoFill. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Safari Login AutoFill in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 allows physically proximate attackers to discover passwords by reading the screen during the login procedure.

The weakness was shared 07/18/2016 by Stefan Esser with Zero Day Initiative as HT206903 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-4595 since 05/11/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592. The advisory points out:

An issue existed in Safari's password auto-fill. This issue was addressed through improved matching of form fields.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92496 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.6 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 370095 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.6 and Security Update 2016-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.11.6 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 (92496) and SecurityFocus (BID 91824†). The entries VDB-88079, VDB-89692, VDB-89709 and VDB-89685 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 92496
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 63631
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities December-2016
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.6

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT206903
Researcher: Stefan Esser
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4595 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4595
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-89784
SecurityFocus: 91824 - Apple Mac OS X APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036348

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/19/2016 19:38
Updated: 10/01/2024 05:47
Changes: 07/19/2016 19:38 (68), 03/03/2019 13:45 (14), 09/06/2022 10:53 (4), 10/01/2024 05:47 (16)
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