CVE-2009-0961

Iphone Os vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

6.4%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

The Mail component in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 dismisses the call approval dialog when another alert appears, which might allow remote attackers to force the iPhone to place a call without user approval by causing an application to trigger an alert.

Affected vendor

Apple

Affected product

Iphone Os

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Published

2009-06-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 6.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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