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CVE-2018-1000123: Ionicframework IOS Keychain: Information disclosure

CVE-2018-1000123 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.8 and affects Ionicframework IOS Keychain. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Ionic Team Cordova plugin iOS Keychain version before commit 18233ca25dfa92cca018b9c0935f43f78fd77fbf contains an Information Exposure Through Log Files (CWE-532) vulnerability in CDVKeychain.m that can result in login, password and other sensitive data leakage. This attack appear to be exploitable via Attacker must have access to victim's iOS logs. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 18233ca25dfa92cca018b9c0935f43f78fd77fbf.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v3.0 9.8: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
  • Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
  • Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
  • User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
  • Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
  • Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
  • Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.

Underlying weakness

CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected products

  • Ionicframework IOS Keychain: up to and including 2.0.0

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