Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-4707 - Data Processing Errors vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS

047910
CVSS 4.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
LOW
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
apple
CWE-19
nessus

Summary

CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 10 and OS X before 10.12 mishandles Local Storage deletion, which allows local users to discover the visited web sites of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
247

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • XML Nested Payloads
    Applications often need to transform data in and out of the XML format by using an XML parser. It may be possible for an attacker to inject data that may have an adverse effect on the XML parser when it is being processed. By nesting XML data and causing this data to be continuously self-referential, an attacker can cause the XML parser to consume more resources while processing, causing excessive memory consumption and CPU utilization. An attacker's goal is to leverage parser failure to his or her advantage. In most cases this type of an attack will result in a denial of service due to an application becoming unstable, freezing, or crash. However it may be possible to cause a crash resulting in arbitrary code execution, leading to a jump from the data plane to the control plane [R.230.1].
  • XML Oversized Payloads
    Applications often need to transform data in and out of the XML format by using an XML parser. It may be possible for an attacker to inject data that may have an adverse effect on the XML parser when it is being processed. By supplying oversized payloads in input vectors that will be processed by the XML parser, an attacker can cause the XML parser to consume more resources while processing, causing excessive memory consumption and CPU utilization, and potentially cause execution of arbitrary code. An attacker's goal is to leverage parser failure to his or her advantage. In many cases this type of an attack will result in a denial of service due to an application becoming unstable, freezing, or crash. However it is possible to cause a crash resulting in arbitrary code execution, leading to a jump from the data plane to the control plane [R.231.1].
  • XML Client-Side Attack
    Client applications such as web browsers that process HTML data often need to transform data in and out of the XML format by using an XML parser. It may be possible for an attacker to inject data that may have an adverse effect on the XML parser when it is being processed. These adverse effects may include the parser crashing, consuming too much of a resource, executing too slowly, executing code supplied by an attacker, allowing usage of unintended system functionality, etc. An attacker's goal is to leverage parser failure to his or her advantage. In some cases it may be possible to jump from the data plane to the control plane via bad data being passed to an XML parser. [R.484.1]
  • XML Parser Attack
    Applications often need to transform data in and out of the XML format by using an XML parser. It may be possible for an attacker to inject data that may have an adverse effect on the XML parser when it is being processed. These adverse effects may include the parser crashing, consuming too much of a resource, executing too slowly, executing code supplied by an attacker, allowing usage of unintended system functionality, etc. An attacker's goal is to leverage parser failure to his or her advantage. In some cases it may be possible to jump from the data plane to the control plane via bad data being passed to an XML parser. [R.99.1]

Nessus

  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3166-1.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 id96406
    published2017-01-11
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96406
    titleUbuntu 16.04 LTS : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3166-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3166-1. 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(96406);
      script_version("3.11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/07/14");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4613", "CVE-2016-4657", "CVE-2016-4666", "CVE-2016-4707", "CVE-2016-4728", "CVE-2016-4733", "CVE-2016-4734", "CVE-2016-4735", "CVE-2016-4759", "CVE-2016-4760", "CVE-2016-4761", "CVE-2016-4762", "CVE-2016-4764", "CVE-2016-4765", "CVE-2016-4767", "CVE-2016-4768", "CVE-2016-4769", "CVE-2016-7578");
      script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3166-1");
    
      script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3166-1)");
      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/3166-1/"
      );
      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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'WebKit not_number defineProperties UAF');
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
    
      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:"2016/08/25");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/10");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2020 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:"2.14.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37", pkgver:"2.14.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1")) 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 idMACOS_10_12.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is prior to 10.10.5, 10.11.x prior to 10.11.6, or is not macOS 10.12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - apache - apache_mod_php - Apple HSSPI Support - AppleEFIRuntime - AppleMobileFileIntegrity - AppleUCC - Application Firewall - ATS - Audio - Bluetooth - cd9660 - CFNetwork - CommonCrypto - CoreCrypto - CoreDisplay - curl - Date & Time Pref Pane - DiskArbitration - File Bookmark - FontParser - IDS - Connectivity - ImageIO - Intel Graphics Driver - IOAcceleratorFamily - IOThunderboltFamily - Kerberos v5 PAM module - Kernel - libarchive - libxml2 - libxpc - libxslt - mDNSResponder - NSSecureTextField - Perl - S2 Camera - Security - Terminal - WindowServer Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id93685
    published2016-09-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93685
    titlemacOS < 10.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities