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Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CVE-2017-2412

Medium
5.9/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. The issue involves the "iTunes Store" component. It allows man-in-the-middle attackers to modify the client-server data stream to iTunes sandbox web services by leveraging use of cleartext HTTP.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

The software transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published