Apple iOS up to 10.1.1 Media Player Contact information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple iOS up to 10.1.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component Media Player. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure (Contact). This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-7653. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 10.1.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Media Player. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Contact). 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. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Media Player" component, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive photo and contact information by leveraging lockscreen access.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2016. The weakness was disclosed 12/12/2016 by Miguel Alvarado with NCC Group as HT207422 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7653 since 09/09/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. The advisory points out:

A validation issue existed in the handling of media selection. This issue was addressed through improved validation.

Upgrading to version 10.2 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 SecurityFocus (BID 94850†). The entries VDB-93760, VDB-94138, VDB-94129 and VDB-94130 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 10.2

Timelineinfo

09/09/2016 🔍
12/12/2016 +94 days 🔍
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12/13/2016 +1 days 🔍
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02/20/2017 +69 days 🔍
10/05/2022 +2053 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207422
Researcher: Miguel Alvarado
Organization: NCC Group
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7653 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7653
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94137
SecurityFocus: 94850 - Apple iOS APPLE-SA-2016-12-12-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1037429

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

Created: 12/13/2016 19:41
Updated: 10/05/2022 22:41
Changes: 12/13/2016 19:41 (68), 06/25/2019 09:13 (7), 10/05/2022 22:41 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:346:103

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