CVE-2015-5824

Severity

43%

Complexity

55%

Confidentiality

81%

The NSURL implementation in the CFNetwork SSL component in Apple iOS before 9 does not properly verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers after a certificate change, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

The NSURL implementation in the CFNetwork SSL component in Apple iOS before 9 does not properly verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers after a certificate change, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Apple

First reported 9 years ago

2015-09-18 10:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-22 03:00:00

Affected Software

Apple WatchOS 1.0

1.0

Apple Mac OS X

References

APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1

Vendor Advisory

APPLE-SA-2015-09-21-1

APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3

76764

1033609

https://support.apple.com/HT205212

Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/HT205213

https://support.apple.com/HT205267

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