Apple iOS up to 10.1.1 Kernel information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Apple iOS up to 10.1.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Kernel. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7607. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iOS up to 10.1.1 (Smartphone Operating System). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2016. The weakness was disclosed 12/13/2016 by daybreaker@Minionz with Trend Micro as HT207422 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7607 since 09/09/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

An insufficient initialization issue was addressed by properly initializing memory returned to user space.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95917 (macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.2 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 370262 (Apple macOS Sierra Security Update 10.12.2 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-12-13-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (95917) and SecurityFocus (BID 94905†). The entries VDB-87463, VDB-91385, VDB-91659 and VDB-93261 are pretty similar. 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
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Nessus ID: 95917
Nessus Name: macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 February-2017
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 10.2

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09/09/2016 🔍
12/12/2016 +94 days 🔍
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12/14/2016 +1 days 🔍
12/16/2016 +2 days 🔍
02/20/2017 +66 days 🔍
09/21/2024 +2770 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207422
Researcher: daybreaker@Minionz
Organization: Trend Micro
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7607 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7607
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94187
SecurityFocus: 94905 - Apple macOS/watchOS/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1037469

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

Created: 12/14/2016 12:02
Updated: 09/21/2024 19:56
Changes: 12/14/2016 12:02 (57), 07/05/2019 17:06 (26), 10/06/2022 09:15 (4), 09/21/2024 19:56 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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