Description

The NSAppTransportSecurity function has the NSAllowsArbitraryLoads option enabled which allows insecure (HTTP) connections to the application. Good security practices state that insecure connections from the app to external servers should not be allowed.

Impact

Conduct MitM attacks over insecure channels to obtain sensitive user information.

Recommendation

Configure in the applications info.plist following good security practices.

Threat

Internal attacker on the same network segment.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 30 minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

• Attack vector: A
• Attack complexity: H
• Privileges required: N
• User interaction: R
• Scope: U
• Confidentiality: L
• Integrity: N
• Availability: N

Temporal

• Exploit code maturity: X
• Remediation level: O
• Report confidence: X

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:O/RC:X
• Score:
• Base: 2.6
• Temporal: 2.5
• Severity:
• Base: Low
• Temporal: Low

Score 4.0

Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0

• Attack vector: A
• Attack complexity: H
• Attack Requirements: N
• Privileges required: N
• User interaction: P
• Confidentiality (VC): L
• Integrity (VI): N
• Availability (VA): N
• Confidentiality (SC): N
• Integrity (SI): N
• Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

• Exploit maturity: X

Result 4.0

• Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
• Score:
• CVSS-BT: 2.1
• Severity:
• CVSS-BT: Low

Requirements

• 266.Disable insecure functionalities

Fixes

• Swift

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