CVE-2015-5851 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The convenience initializer in the Multipeer Connectivity component in Apple iOS before 9 does not require an encrypted session, which allows local users to obtain cleartext multipeer data via an encrypted-to-unencrypted downgrade attack.

Published: 2015-09-18

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-5797	The convenience initializer in the Multipeer Connectivity component in Apple iOS before 9 does not require an encrypted session, which allows local users to obtain cleartext multipeer data via an encrypted-to-unencrypted downgrade attack.

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 0.00063.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609
https://support.apple.com/HT205212
https://support.apple.com/HT205267

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2015-09-18T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:06:33.942Z

Reserved: 2015-08-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5851

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-09-18T11:00:04.297

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5851

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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