Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-1858 - Information Exposure vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
apple
webkitgtk
CWE-200
nessus
NVD
Published: 2016-05-20
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, Safari before 9.1.1, and tvOS before 9.2.1, improperly tracks taint attributes, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
192
Application
Apple
146
Application
Webkitgtk
208

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Browser Fingerprinting
    An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
  • Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.

Nessus

  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3079-1.NASL
    descriptionA large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id93511
    published2016-09-15
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93511
    titleUbuntu 16.04 LTS : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3079-1)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3079-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(93511);
  script_version("2.7");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/18 12:31:46");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1854", "CVE-2016-1856", "CVE-2016-1857", "CVE-2016-1858", "CVE-2016-1859", "CVE-2016-4583", "CVE-2016-4585", "CVE-2016-4586", "CVE-2016-4588", "CVE-2016-4589", "CVE-2016-4590", "CVE-2016-4591", "CVE-2016-4622", "CVE-2016-4623", "CVE-2016-4624", "CVE-2016-4651");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3079-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3079-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+
Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a
malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues
related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting
attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3079-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Update the affected libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 and / or
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/05/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/09/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/09/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(16\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 16.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18", pkgver:"2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37", pkgver:"2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 / libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37");
}
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SAFARI9_1_1.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 9.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to a failure to completely delete a user
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91221
    published2016-05-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91221
    titleMac OS X : Apple Safari < 9.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(91221);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/19");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2016-1849",
    "CVE-2016-1854",
    "CVE-2016-1855",
    "CVE-2016-1856",
    "CVE-2016-1857",
    "CVE-2016-1858",
    "CVE-2016-1859"
  );
  script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-5");

  script_name(english:"Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 9.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the Safari version.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host has a web browser installed that is affected by
multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X host is
prior to 9.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following
vulnerabilities :

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to a
    failure to completely delete a user's browser history
    when using the 'Clear History and Website Data' action.
    An attacker can exploit this to disclose sensitive
    information. (CVE-2016-1849)

  - Multiple memory corruption issues exist in WebKit due to
    improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote
    attacker, via a specially crafted website, can exploit
    these issues to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1854,
    CVE-2016-1855, CVE-2016-1856, CVE-2016-1857,
    CVE-2016-1859)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in WebKit
    due to insufficient taint tracking. A remote attacker
    can exploit this, via a specially crafted SVG image, to
    disclose information from another website.
    (CVE-2016-1858)");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206565");
  # http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00005.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?760f9fc8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Apple Safari version 9.1.1 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-1859");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/05/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/05/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/05/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:apple:safari");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("macosx_Safari31.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MacOSX/Version", "MacOSX/Safari/Installed");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version");
if (!os) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X");

if (!ereg(pattern:"Mac OS X 10\.(9|10|11)([^0-9]|$)", string:os)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X 10.9 / 10.10 / 10.11");

installed = get_kb_item_or_exit("MacOSX/Safari/Installed", exit_code:0);
path    = get_kb_item_or_exit("MacOSX/Safari/Path", exit_code:1);
version = get_kb_item_or_exit("MacOSX/Safari/Version", exit_code:1);

fixed_version = "9.1.1";

if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed_version, strict:FALSE) == -1)
{
  report = report_items_str(
    report_items:make_array(
      "Path", path,
      "Installed version", version,
      "Fixed version", fixed_version
    ),
    ordered_fields:make_list("Path", "Installed version", "Fixed version")
  );
  security_report_v4(port:0, severity:SECURITY_WARNING, extra:report);
}
else audit(AUDIT_INST_PATH_NOT_VULN, "Safari", version, path);
  • NASL familyMisc.
    NASL idAPPLETV_9_2_1.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its banner, the version of the remote Apple TV device is prior to 9.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - CFNetwork Proxies - CommonCrypto - CoreCapture - Disk Images - ImageIO - IOAcceleratorFamily - IOHIDFamily - Kernel - libc - libxml2 - libxslt - OpenGL - WebKit - WebKit Canvas Note that only 4th generation models are affected by the vulnerabilities.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91311
    published2016-05-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91311
    titleApple TV < 9.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(91311);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/14");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2016-1801",
    "CVE-2016-1802",
    "CVE-2016-1803",
    "CVE-2016-1807",
    "CVE-2016-1808",
    "CVE-2016-1811",
    "CVE-2016-1813",
    "CVE-2016-1814",
    "CVE-2016-1817",
    "CVE-2016-1818",
    "CVE-2016-1819",
    "CVE-2016-1823",
    "CVE-2016-1824",
    "CVE-2016-1827",
    "CVE-2016-1828",
    "CVE-2016-1829",
    "CVE-2016-1830",
    "CVE-2016-1832",
    "CVE-2016-1833",
    "CVE-2016-1834",
    "CVE-2016-1836",
    "CVE-2016-1837",
    "CVE-2016-1838",
    "CVE-2016-1839",
    "CVE-2016-1840",
    "CVE-2016-1841",
    "CVE-2016-1847",
    "CVE-2016-1854",
    "CVE-2016-1855",
    "CVE-2016-1856",
    "CVE-2016-1857",
    "CVE-2016-1858",
    "CVE-2016-1859",
    "CVE-2016-4650"
  );
  script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-1");

  script_name(english:"Apple TV < 9.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the build number.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote device is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its banner, the version of the remote Apple TV device is
prior to 9.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities
in the following components :

  - CFNetwork Proxies
  - CommonCrypto
  - CoreCapture
  - Disk Images
  - ImageIO
  - IOAcceleratorFamily
  - IOHIDFamily
  - Kernel
  - libc
  - libxml2
  - libxslt
  - OpenGL
  - WebKit
  - WebKit Canvas

Note that only 4th generation models are affected by the
vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206564");
  # https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?618f77f3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Apple TV version 9.2.1 or later. Note that this update is
only available for 4th generation models.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-4650");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/05/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/05/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/05/24");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:apple:apple_tv");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("appletv_version.nasl");
  script_require_keys("AppleTV/Version", "AppleTV/Model", "AppleTV/URL", "AppleTV/Port");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 7000);

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("appletv_func.inc");

url = get_kb_item('AppleTV/URL');
if (empty_or_null(url)) exit(0, 'Cannot determine Apple TV URL.');
port = get_kb_item('AppleTV/Port');
if (empty_or_null(port)) exit(0, 'Cannot determine Apple TV port.');

build = get_kb_item('AppleTV/Version');
if (empty_or_null(build)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_DEVICE_VER, 'Apple TV');

model = get_kb_item('AppleTV/Model');
if (empty_or_null(model)) exit(0, 'Cannot determine Apple TV model.');

fixed_build = "13Y772";
tvos_ver = '9.2.1';

# determine gen from the model
gen = APPLETV_MODEL_GEN[model];

appletv_check_version(
  build          : build,
  fix            : fixed_build,
  affected_gen   : 4,
  fix_tvos_ver   : tvos_ver,
  model          : model,
  gen            : gen,
  port           : port,
  url            : url,
  severity       : SECURITY_HOLE
);

References