Apple Safari up to 10.0.2 WebKit information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Safari up to 10.0.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component WebKit. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-2365. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Safari up to 10.0.2 (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component WebKit. 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.

The bug was discovered 01/19/2017. The weakness was shared 01/23/2017 by Ivan Fratric (lokihardt) with Google Project Zero as HT207484 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2365 since 12/01/2016. 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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. The advisory points out:

A validation issue existed in variable handling. This issue was addressed through improved validation.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96798 (macOS : Apple Safari < 10.0.3 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 l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370283 (Apple Safari 10.0.3 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2017-01-23-5)).

Upgrading to version 10.0.3 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 Exploit-DB (41453), Tenable (96798) and SecurityFocus (BID 95727†). The entries VDB-95903, VDB-95883, VDB-95902 and VDB-95912 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 96798
Nessus Name: macOS : Apple Safari < 10.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 800100
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 February17
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 10.0.3

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12/01/2016 🔍
01/19/2017 +49 days 🔍
01/23/2017 +4 days 🔍
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01/25/2017 +2 days 🔍
01/26/2017 +1 days 🔍
02/20/2017 +25 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207484
Researcher: Ivan Fratric (lokihardt)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2365 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2365
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95969
SecurityFocus: 95727 - WebKit Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2365 - Apple - Multiple Products - Security Bypass Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037668

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/25/2017 11:50
Updated: 07/02/2025 19:59
Changes: 01/25/2017 11:50 (80), 07/31/2020 14:29 (12), 11/04/2022 07:51 (4), 07/02/2025 19:59 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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