01 Record
CVE-2013-4616
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 60.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-06-18 14:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:52Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0788868103a98c95fbd8d7cc7038f5deea208963e365ef3b53dc5c57d0babcc7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.owasp.org[owasp-mobile-security-project] 20130617 Cracking iOS personal hotspots using a Scrabble crossword game word listhttp://lists.owasp.org/pipermail/owasp-mobile-security-project/2013-June/000640.html
- www.securitytracker.com1029054http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029054
- www1.cs.fau.dehttp://www1.cs.fau.de/hotspot
- secunia.com54886http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
- www1.cs.fau.dehttp://www1.cs.fau.de/filepool/projects/hotspot/hotspot.pdf
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html