CVE-2015-9231

N/A
Published: September 20, 2017 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendoriTerm2

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (8)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/3688
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/5303
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/6050
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/6068
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15286956

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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