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Summary
A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple iOS up to 10.1.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component WebKit. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure (State). This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-7586. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple iOS up to 10.1.1 (Smartphone Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (State). 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 bug was discovered 12/14/2016. The weakness was presented 12/13/2016 by Boris Zbarsky with Zero Day Initiative as HT207422 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7586 since 09/09/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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:
A validation issue was addressed through improved state management.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95825 (Apple iTunes < 12.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Peer-To-Peer File Sharing and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370265 (Apple iTunes Prior to 12.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT207427)).
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 (95825) and SecurityFocus (BID 94907†). See VDB-94138, VDB-94129, VDB-94130 and VDB-94131 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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Exploiting
Name: StateClass: Information disclosure / State
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 95825
Nessus Name: Apple iTunes < 12.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)
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OpenVAS ID: 802225
OpenVAS Name: Apple iCloud Multiple Vulnerabilities Feb17 (Windows)
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: iOS 10.2
Timeline
09/09/2016 🔍12/12/2016 🔍
12/13/2016 🔍
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12/14/2016 🔍
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02/19/2017 🔍
10/06/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT207422
Researcher: Boris Zbarsky
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2016-7586 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7586
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94203
SecurityFocus: 94907 - Apple Safari/Cloud/iTunes/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1037459
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 12/14/2016 12:06Updated: 10/06/2022 09:50
Changes: 12/14/2016 12:06 (77), 07/05/2019 18:29 (9), 10/06/2022 09:50 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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