Spoofing attack in Apple iOS - CVE-2018-4440
Published: December 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16297
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4440
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
Apple iOS
Apple iOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attack on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the Safari component. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger state management error and spoof address bar.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4440
Update to version 12.1.1.