Vulnerability CVE-2015-6981

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-6981 (CCN-107549)

Assigned:

2015-10-21

Published:

2015-10-21

Updated:

2016-12-24

Summary:

WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 9.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than other WebKit CVEs listed in APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-1.

CVSS v3 Severity:

6.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
5.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

6.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-119

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-6981

Source: APPLE
Type: Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-1

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1033929

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
appleios-cve20156981-code-exec(107549)

Source: CCN
Type: Apple Web site
About the security content of iOS 9.1

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205370

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 9.0.2)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/o:apple:ios:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20156981000	V	CVE-2015-6981 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2015-10-23
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20156981000	V	CVE-2015-6981 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2015-10-23
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20156981000	V	CVE-2015-6981 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2015-10-23
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201569810000000	V	CVE-2015-6981 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2015-10-23

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