Apple iOS up to 10 CFNetwork data processing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apple iOS up to 10. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component CFNetwork. Such manipulation leads to data processing. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-4707. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 10 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component CFNetwork. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data processing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-19. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 10 and OS X before 10.12 mishandles Local Storage deletion, which allows local users to discover the visited web sites of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was shared 09/20/2016 by Martin Vigo (Cererdlong) with Zero Day Initiative as HT207143 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-4707 since 05/11/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:

An issue existed in Local Storage deletion. This issue was addressed through improved Local Storage cleanup.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93685 (macOS < 10.12 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 196662 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Webkit2gtk Vulnerabilities (USN-3166-1)).

Upgrading 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 (93685) and SecurityFocus (BID 93056†). The entries VDB-89145, VDB-90946, VDB-91604 and VDB-91602 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Data processing
CWE: CWE-19
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 93685
Nessus Name: macOS < 10.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 64377
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 September-2016
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207143
Researcher: Martin Vigo (Cererdlong)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4707 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4707
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91994
SecurityFocus: 93056 - Apple iOS and Mac OS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036858

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

Created: 09/26/2016 10:53
Updated: 09/20/2022 12:12
Changes: 09/26/2016 10:53 (71), 04/25/2019 11:33 (15), 09/20/2022 12:12 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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