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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2015-5892

Low
2.1/10

Summary

Siri in Apple iOS before 9 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an intended client-side protection mechanism and obtain sensitive content-notification information by listening to a device in the lock-screen state.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published