Access bypass in Apple Inc. products - CVE-2016-4760
Published: September 21, 2016 / Updated: January 16, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU599
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4760
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote web-site to obtain non-HTTP services on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper checking of HTTP responses. A malicious web-site returns specially crafted HTTP/0.9 responses that allows to get non-HTTP services.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in access to non-HTTP services on the vulnerable system.
The weakness exists due to improper checking of HTTP responses. A malicious web-site returns specially crafted HTTP/0.9 responses that allows to get non-HTTP services.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in access to non-HTTP services on the vulnerable system.
Affected software
Apple iOS
Apple Safari
iTunes
Apple Safari
iTunes
How to mitigate CVE-2016-4760
Update to 10.0.