Apple watchOS up to 3.0 Sandbox Profiles information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 3.0. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Sandbox Profiles. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-4664. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple watchOS up to 3.0 (Smartwatch Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Sandbox Profiles. 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 confidentiality.

The weakness was released 10/24/2016 by Max Bazaliy as HT207269 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-4664 since 05/11/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. 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 T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

An access issue was addressed through additional sandbox restrictions on third party applications.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94337 (Apple TV < 10.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 3.1 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 (94337) and SecurityFocus (BID 93854†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-93042, VDB-93046, VDB-93047 and VDB-93052. 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: Yes

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Nessus ID: 94337
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 10.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: watchOS 3.1

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10/24/2016 +166 days 🔍
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10/25/2016 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207269
Researcher: Max Bazaliy
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4664 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4664
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93091
SecurityFocus: 93854 - Apple iOS/tvOS/WatchOS Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1037088

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/25/2016 11:35
Updated: 09/28/2022 14:17
Changes: 10/25/2016 11:35 (57), 05/18/2019 07:12 (20), 09/28/2022 14:17 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:959:103

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