CVE-2016-4642 describes a vulnerability in iOS prior to 9.3.3, tvOS prior to 9.2.2, and OS X El Capitan prior to 10.11.6 where proxy authentication incorrectly indicated secure credential handling for HTTP proxies. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) could allow an attacker to gain access to sensitive information (C:H) due to the misleading security assurances provided to users. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this issue.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 9.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 9.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.11.0, < 10.11.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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