CVE-2015-1126

medium

Published 2015-04-10 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 8.3 and Apple Safari before 6.2.5, 7.x before 7.1.5, and 8.x before 8.0.5, does not properly handle the userinfo field in FTP URLs, which allows remote attackers to trigger incorrect resource access via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_gather/apple_safari_ftp_url_cookie_theft rank 300

Apple OSX/iOS/Windows Safari Non-HTTPOnly Cookie Theft

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
macos		affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
apple	safari	`{"endIncluding":"6.2.4"}`
apple	safari	`7.0`
apple	safari	`7.0.1`
apple	safari	`7.0.2`
apple	safari	`7.0.3`
apple	safari	`7.0.4`
apple	safari	`7.0.5`
apple	safari	`7.0.6`
apple	safari	`7.1.0`
apple	safari	`7.1.1`
apple	safari	`7.1.2`
apple	safari	`7.1.3`
apple	safari	`7.1.4`
apple	safari	`8.0.0`
apple	safari	`8.0.1`
apple	safari	`8.0.2`
apple	safari	`8.0.3`
apple	safari	`8.0.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.