CVE-2015-5860 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure6 documents4 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 34.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Apple Iphone OSApple IOS 9Apple OS X EL Capitan V10.11+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 18
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The CFNetwork HTTPProtocol component in Apple iOS before 9 mishandles HSTS state, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Safari private-browsing protection mechanism and track users via a crafted web site.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDapple/iphone_os8.4.1
▶Appleapple/ios_9
▶NVDapple/watchos1.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-qpxf-3h83-wpj5: The CFNetwork HTTPProtocol component in Apple iOS before 9 mishandles HSTS state, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Safari private-browsing↗2022-05-17
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💥Exploits & PoCs

2
Exploit-DB
ActiveState Perl.exe x64 Client 5.20.2 - Crash (PoC)↗2015-09-06
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Exploit-DB
Boxoft WAV to MP3 Converter - 'convert' Local Buffer Overflow↗2015-08-31
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2015-5860: iOS 9↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-5860: OS X El Capitan v10.11↗
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