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CVE-2013-4616
The WifiPasswordController generateDefaultPassword method in Preferences in Apple iOS 6 and earlier relies on the UITextChecker…
Medium5.8EPSS 0.93%
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- mitre
Description
The WifiPasswordController generateDefaultPassword method in Preferences in Apple iOS 6 and earlier relies on the UITextChecker suggestWordInLanguage method for selection of Wi-Fi hotspot WPA2 PSK passphrases, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack that leverages the insufficient number of possible passphrases.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.93% · top 39% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- [owasp-mobile-security-project] 20130617 Cracking iOS personal hotspots using a Scrabble crossword game word list (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1029054 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www1.cs.fau.de/hotspot (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 54886 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www1.cs.fau.de/filepool/projects/hotspot/hotspot.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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