CVE-2015-9231 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2015-9231

iTerm2 3.x before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to discover passwords...

Vulnerability Description

iTerm2 3.x before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to discover passwords by reading DNS queries. A new (default) feature was added to iTerm2 version 3.0.0 (and unreleased 2.9.x versions such as 2.9.20150717) that resulted in a potential information disclosure. In an attempt to see whether the text under the cursor (or selected text) was a URL, the text would be sent as an unencrypted DNS query. This has the potential to result in passwords and other sensitive information being sent in cleartext without the user being aware.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

iterm2
Vulnerable Versions:
2.9.20151111, 2.9.20151229, 2.9.20160102, 2.9.20160113, 2.9.20160206, 2.9.20160313, 2.9.20160422, 2.9.20160426, 2.9.20160510, 2.9.20160523, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 3.0.10, 3.0.11, 3.0.12, 3.0.13, 3.0.14, 3.0.15, 3.0.20160531, 3.1.0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 20th, 2017
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.