CVE-2009-2796 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The UIKit component in Apple iPhone OS 3.0, and iPhone OS 3.0.1 for iPod touch, allows physically proximate attackers to discover a password by watching a user undo deletions of characters in the password.

Published: 2009-09-10

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.0.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-2786	The UIKit component in Apple iPhone OS 3.0, and iPhone OS 3.0.1 for iPod touch, allows physically proximate attackers to discover a password by watching a user undo deletions of characters in the password.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00066.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36677
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36335
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53185

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-09-10T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:07:35.921Z

Reserved: 2009-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2796

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-09-10T21:30:01.203

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2796

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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