High severity · published Dec 11, 2019
CVE-2019-14899
A vulnerability was discovered in Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, MacOS, iOS, and Android that allows a malicious access point, or an adjacent user, to determine if a connected user is…
7.4
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability was discovered in Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, MacOS, iOS, and Android that allows a malicious access point, or an adjacent user, to determine if a connected user is using a VPN, make positive inferences about the websites they are visiting, and determine the correct sequence and acknowledgement numbers in use, allowing the bad actor to inject data into the TCP stream. This provides everything that is needed for an attacker to hijack active connections inside the VPN tunnel.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
before 13.6 · source: NVD
KE
Kernel · Linux
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
MA
macOS · Apple
11.0 · source: NVD
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
before 10.15.6 · source: NVD
OP
Openbsd · Openbsd
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
TV
Tvos · Apple
before 13.4.8 · source: NVD
Affected product
IO
iOS
Apple
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