PT-2016-1529 · Apple · Webkit+2

Xisigr · Published 2016-03-24 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2016-1779

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Safari versions prior to 9.1 iOS versions prior to 9.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain physical-location data via a crafted geolocation request. This is due to a lack of protection for service data in the WebKit component of the Safari browser and iOS operating system.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 9.3, update to version 9.3 or later. For Safari versions prior to 9.1, update to version 9.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00830

CVE-2016-1779

Affected Products

Safari

Webkit

Ios

References · 14

• 🔥 https://github.com/Metnew/uxss-db/tree/master/webkit/CVE-2016-1779 · Exploit
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206166 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1779 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206171 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1779 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1779 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1779 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1779 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00830 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035353 · Note
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2016-0003.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/537948/100/0/threaded · Note