Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-8840 - Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
The iTunes Store component in Apple iOS before 8.1.3 allows remote attackers to bypass a Safari sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging redirection of an SSL URL to the iTunes Store.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by exploiting a cryptographic weakness in the signature algorithm or pseudorandom number generation and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html
- http://support.apple.com/HT204245
- http://support.apple.com/HT204245
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031652
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031652
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-010/
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-010/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100533
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100533