Apple iOS up to 10 Safari Reader Universal cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple iOS up to 10. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Safari Reader. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting (Universal). This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2016-4618. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple iOS up to 10 (Smartphone Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component Safari Reader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Universal). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Safari Reader in Apple iOS before 10 and Safari before 10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted web site, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

The weakness was shared 09/20/2016 by Erling Ellingsen with Apple as HT207143 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-4618 since 05/11/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

Multiple validation issues were addressed through improved input sanitization.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93721 (Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 10.0 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 370144 (Apple Safari 10 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-2)).

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 (93721) and SecurityFocus (BID 93053†). The entries VDB-91604, VDB-91602, VDB-91603 and VDB-91605 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Name: Universal
Class: Cross site scripting / Universal
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 93721
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 10.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 871153
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities September16 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207143
Researcher: Erling Ellingsen
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4618 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4618
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92019
SecurityFocus: 93053 - Apple Safari/Webkit/iOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036854

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

Created: 09/26/2016 10:51
Updated: 09/20/2022 14:15
Changes: 09/26/2016 10:51 (73), 04/25/2019 14:17 (13), 09/20/2022 14:15 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:F3B:103

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