PT-2016-6121 · Apple+1 · Webkit+4

Published 2016-09-25 · Updated 2017-07-30 · CVE-2016-4763

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 10 iTunes versions prior to 12.5.1 on Windows Safari versions prior to 10

Description The issue is related to the improper verification of X.509 certificates from HTTPS servers by WKWebView in WebKit. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 10, update to iOS 10 or later. For iTunes versions prior to 12.5.1 on Windows, update to iTunes 12.5.1 or later. For Safari versions prior to 10, update to Safari 10 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4763

Affected Products

Safari

Webkit

Windows

Ios

Itunes

References · 13

• https://support.apple.com/HT207158 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4763 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207143 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00012.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4763 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4763 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4763 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207157 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4763 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00007.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93066 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036854 · Note