PT-2016-1529

CVE-2016-1779

Published

2016-03-24

Updated

2018-10-09

Description by

CVSS 3.1

6.5

Medium

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Safari versions prior to 9.1 iOS versions prior to 9.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain physical-location data via a crafted geolocation request. This is due to a lack of protection for service data in the WebKit component of the Safari browser and iOS operating system.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 9.3, update to version 9.3 or later. For Safari versions prior to 9.1, update to version 9.1 or later.

Exploitability

Exploit

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Related identifiers

CVE-2016-1779