Vulnerability CVE-2016-7579

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-7579 (CCN-118473)

Assigned:

2016-10-24

Published:

2016-10-24

Updated:

2019-03-25

Summary:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.0.1 is affected. The issue involves the "CFNetwork Proxies" component, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a proxy password authentication requirement and obtain sensitive information.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.9 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
5.2 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

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

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

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

CVSS v2 Severity:

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

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

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

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

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-200

Vulnerability Consequences:

Obtain Information

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-7579

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
93856

Source: CCN
Type: BID-93856
Apple iOS/tvOS/macOS CVE-2016-7579 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1037086

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
appleios-cve20167579-info-disc(118473)

Source: CCN
Type: Apple security document HT207270
About the security content of tvOS 10.0.1

Source: CCN
Type: Apple Web site
About the security content of iOS 10.1

Source: CCN
Type: Apple security document HT207275
About the security content of macOS Sierra 10.12.1, Security Update 2016-002 El Capitan, and Security Update 2016-006 Yosemite

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207270

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207271

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207275

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 10.1)

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 10.12.1)

Configuration 3:

cpe:/o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 10.0.1)

Denotes that component is vulnerable

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