Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-4583

Title: Apple Webkit Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-4583.

CWE Category CWE-362
Published Date Jul 22, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 3.1 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.39%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-4583: WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, Safari before 9.1.2, and tvOS before 9.2.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain image date from an unintended web site via a timing attack involving an SVG document.

Impacted Vendors

A
apple 2
W
webkit 2
W
webkitgtk 1

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00004.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138502/WebKitGTK-SOP-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539295/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91830 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036343 https://support.apple.com/HT206900 https://support.apple.com/HT206902 https://support.apple.com/HT206905 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00004.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138502/WebKitGTK-SOP-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539295/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91830 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036343 https://support.apple.com/HT206900 https://support.apple.com/HT206902 https://support.apple.com/HT206905
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
3.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-4583 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.