MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2016-4708

Iphone Os vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.9%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 misparses the Set-Cookie header, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTTP response.
Affected vendor
Apple
Affected product
Iphone Os
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2016-09-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-4708

  • Confirm whether Apple Iphone Os is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-4708.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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