CVE-2015-5841 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The CFNetwork Proxies component in Apple iOS before 9 does not properly handle a Set-Cookie header within a response to an HTTP CONNECT request, which allows remote proxy servers to conduct cookie-injection attacks via a crafted response.

The CFNetwork Proxies component in Apple iOS before 9 does not properly handle a Set-Cookie header within a response to an HTTP CONNECT request, which allows remote proxy servers to conduct cookie-injection attacks via a crafted response.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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 Mac OS X

Apple WatchOS 1.0

1.0

References

APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1

Vendor Advisory

APPLE-SA-2015-09-21-1

Vendor Advisory

APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3

Vendor Advisory

76764

1033609

https://support.apple.com/HT205212

Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/HT205213

Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/HT205267

Vendor Advisory

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