Apple iTunes up to 12.5.3 WebKit information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple iTunes up to 12.5.3. The affected element is an unknown function of the component WebKit. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-7598. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple iTunes up to 12.5.3 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component WebKit. 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, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 12/14/2016. The weakness was presented 12/13/2016 by Boris Zbarsky with Zero Day Initiative as HT207427 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-7598 since 09/09/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 uninitialized memory access issue was addressed through improved memory initialization.

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 170714 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2018:0219-1)).

Upgrading to version 12.5.4 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 (95825) and SecurityFocus (BID 94907†). See VDB-94194, VDB-94199, VDB-94200 and VDB-94201 for similar entries. 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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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iTunes 12.5.4

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10/06/2022 +2054 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207427
Researcher: Boris Zbarsky
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7598 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7598
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94243
SecurityFocus: 94907 - Apple Safari/Cloud/iTunes/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1037459

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2016 12:15
Updated: 10/06/2022 14:16
Changes: 12/14/2016 12:15 (67), 07/06/2019 09:57 (18), 10/06/2022 14:16 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:DC3:103

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