PT-2015-2128 · Apple · Webkit+1

Louis Romero · Published 2015-09-18 · Updated 2016-12-22 · CVE-2015-5906

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 9

Description The issue is related to the HTML form implementation in WebKit, which does not properly protect sensitive data. This might allow remote attackers to discover a password by leveraging a later prediction containing the last character of the password. The vulnerability is associated with a lack of protection for service data, which could enable a remote attacker to obtain a user's password.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 9, update to iOS 9 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11474

CVE-2015-5906

Affected Products

Webkit

Ios

References · 6

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11474 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT205212 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5906 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76766 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033609 · Note